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it is not the religion that made thouse who belived in that act violently... in my opinion he ALL have the potential to do that just because your christain doesn't mean your violent... usually christians are violent because they try and convert people, if they do not convert then they get rid of them. We all have the potential to do that because it threatens our way of existance to We react triggering a violent response. (MY OPINION)
Well I agree religion does not reach into your head and make you a murderer. But religion allows the Other to be, well, "demonised". Thus we see Rumsfeld and Bush talking about "evildoers", using overtly religious language to dehumanise Iraqi's and make killing them seem virtuous. And this is exactly how christinaity was uysing during the British Empire. Christianity is a hated religion becuase of the destruction it called for, justified, and turned a blind eye to, while praising the butchers as godly men.