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**Preegovesem** · 03-11-2012, 01:34 AM

I do strongly disagree with the New Atheists that religion is the source of war. It's like the riots in Afghanistan over the Quran burning. Those riots weren't because U.S. troops burnt the Quran. They were because the people are angry and sick of U.S. forces in their country. That's why I get so frustrated when I hear some people say terrorists hate America because of its freedom or frame the ME conflicts as some kind of war between Islam and Christianity. Those people are missing the point. Religious fanaticalism does not arise in a vacuum, it is a (wrong) response to oppression. No one wakes up one day and says "I hate Americans, I'm going to blow myself up in hopes of killing them."

03-11-2012, 01:34 AM	#11
Preegovesem Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	I do strongly disagree with the New Atheists that religion is the source of war. It's like the riots in Afghanistan over the Quran burning. Those riots weren't because U.S. troops burnt the Quran. They were because the people are angry and sick of U.S. forces in their country. That's why I get so frustrated when I hear some people say terrorists hate America because of its freedom or frame the ME conflicts as some kind of war between Islam and Christianity. Those people are missing the point. Religious fanaticalism does not arise in a vacuum, it is a (wrong) response to oppression. No one wakes up one day and says "I hate Americans, I'm going to blow myself up in hopes of killing them."
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