Why is religion...

[Bengalzona]

(07-11-2017, 10:32 AM)Beaker Wrote: People remember what is most recent. Most recently, religion in the form of Muslim extremists has been the cause of much death and suffering of innocent people. Things like the crusades and the inquisition also come to mind a mainly religion based dark events. Even the holocaust was based upon religion under a larger umbrella of a power and resources grab by Hitler. But again all these instances fall under the heading of separating humans by group. I think that is the greatest harm religion does. People claim religion brings people together....and it does. But at the same time, it is also separating people as they are coming together as part of that group.

In my view, the Crusades and Inquisition were events caused by organized religion seeking more political power. The Holocaust was about a movement in a nation seeking to turn that nation into a religion. They are efforts to combine religion and political control. Muslim extremist groups like ISIS fall under this heading as well. The combination of religion and politics, through nationalism in modern society, is the Holy Grail (so to speak) of population control for those who seek control. This is why the combination of the two ALWAYS corrupts.