Religion?

Submitted by Damien (Ireland), Mar 22, 2004 at 06:43

The typical response of the ignorant is that religion is to blame. No its not.The total casualties of all the religious wars in the history of humanity including this present conflict wouldn't have even marked up for a bad couple of months in the second world war between the two avowedly secular ideologies of Communism and Facism.

Religion is never to blame. Ignorant and proud people who purport to know the will of God are to blame. Neither Osama Bin Laden or George Bush are the type of people that God would allow his power come through, both are full of self righteous pride and self importance.

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