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The Ghost of Hitler

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10-04-2007 11:47 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by bluegenes
10-03-2007 9:14 AM

I think that there are other ways besides religion to draw lines between groups of people (race, intellegence, economic status). I also think that fighting and bickering between people is the default position. They don't need an excuse.
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So basically, I just think you're seeing causation where there's mearly correlation.
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Religion doesn't cause the fighting, its just an easy thing to point the finger at.
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Two human population groups living in the same place will inevitably mix over time unless they practice cultural separatism.
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I just don't see that happening. People are always fighting.
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The two religions involved in the history leading up to the holocaust provided that separatism, and they, along with the phenomenon of religion in general, must take a large part of the blame for the slaughter of millions.
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I don't think you can blaim the religions. They were just a tool. You don't blame the gun for the murder.
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Religions don't kill people, people kill people
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The religions just make a good excuses, but the excuses aren't necessary.
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10-04-2007 12:35 PM 		Reply to: Message 7 by Taz
10-04-2007 12:02 PM

While I agree that religion is only a tool, as I explained above it is a tool that prevents the human reason and logic necessary to stop the killing.
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I don't think that religion is the only effective tool for that job and I don't think it is necessary to prevent human reasaon and logic to allow the killing.
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