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hello BG, the question is; if saddam is your best friend & he's ruining the whole world, what would u do?

ok ok, so that is not the question at hand & that kiya & i have hijacked this thread to another topic but still it's remotely related to the main theme; saddam our 'best friend'.

dragh, i'm sorry that u have to feel that way about religion. & yes, even as a christian i agree that 'God' that we worshipped is more than the religion itself. as how a priest in my church said it when he talked of different denominations of christianity: "God is bigger than u, bigger than this church, bigger than the catholics, anglican, islam, buddhism etc, bigger than the whole world & of course the universe that he created. so what makes u think God is limited to just us catholics?"

kiya's right about mankind's need to find excuse to do the things they do. if u say religions cause so much trouble, what of those who are anti-religion? such as communists who did their worst on communist russia, china, indochina where they not only decimate their own, they also almost eradicate their culture & intellects. is this kind of sterilisation needed to clean the world of religions? they're all wolves! the only difference is that they wear different skins for disguise.

dqueene, i beg to differ on the views of religions being fear-based. the essence of most religions are faith-based. either u believe it or u don't. what makes religions look as if they're fear-based is that the preachers made them look that way. if there is 'fear of God' mentioned in the bible, it's actually more to 'awe of God'. the word 'fear' is miscontrued a lot. just like the word 'jihad', meaning holy war, is misconstrued a lot by some muslims.

religion, culture, tribes; these are things that help humanity identify with one another. if we do not have those, it's very hard for humanity to connect. now if i say video games are evil & that the whole industry should be banned & never to be revived again, would u agree? of course u won't as u know gaming isn't evil. if only those who opposed would see it for themselves.

the same can be applied to religions. before u condemn it, try it first. if it sucks, ok leave it. but if u like it... . just looking over the fence is hardly called observation, let alone judging.