[jerry30742]

I don’t think it is as much a failure of Religion as a failure of Humankind. It is unfortunate that there are those that would exploit Religion for their own ends. Like everything else Religion can inspire people to do posative things, but it can also be used to inspire people to do negative things. Of course Religion is more then a set of belifs in a God or Gods. It is also mixed up with one’s culture, and so since not all Human cultures are the same, conflicts will arise. For example Arab culture isn’t the same as Asian culture, and both differ from Western culture. There is also Biology at work in this mix as well. That tribal instinct of survival, the ‘them vs. us’ drive. We are biolocically drawn to ‘like us’ and alienated and suspisious of the ‘ not like us’. It is what we bring as individurals, as members of a culture and of a society group that produces the negative or posative influence that religion has. Religion itself is neutral.

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