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Mr. Douglas, you voice your opinion that believing in God and being influenced by this belief is important or relevant (please correct me if im wrong).  For the purpose of debate, could you please back up your arguement with facts or at least explain why you believe your opinion is accurate?

Mr. Douglas, you voice your opinion that believing in God and being influenced by this belief is important or relevant (please correct me if im wrong).  For the purpose of debate, could you please back up your arguement with facts or at least explain why you believe your opinion is accurate?

--[[User:Facio [[anti-facio]] 10:05, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

--[[User:Anti-Facio [[Facio]] 10:05, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

I'd say that Religion has always been relevant (or important or destructive) or whatever you choose to say.  In my own view, Religion has been, by far, the Most destructive of all weapons of mass destruction.  Arguing that the killings of humans by other humans in the name of religion is by a few zealots/crazies is missing the point.  Today, we look at the extremists of the Islamic world with horror, a few centuries ago, it was the Christians slaughtering the non-believers in the Crusades.  I do not believe that any part of the world, any religion has been insulated from the killings in the name of THAT religion.  To dismiss this as the acts of a few, to grab power/money or whatever is not sufficient.  We ought to examine why men have historically used religion as a weapon and not as they claim it is supposed to be used - show the path to eternal truths using persuasion and words and not the sword.

I'd say that Religion has always been relevant (or important or destructive) or whatever you choose to say.  In my own view, Religion has been, by far, the Most destructive of all weapons of mass destruction.  Arguing that the killings of humans by other humans in the name of religion is by a few zealots/crazies is missing the point.  Today, we look at the extremists of the Islamic world with horror, a few centuries ago, it was the Christians slaughtering the non-believers in the Crusades.  I do not believe that any part of the world, any religion has been insulated from the killings in the name of THAT religion.  To dismiss this as the acts of a few, to grab power/money or whatever is not sufficient.  We ought to examine why men have historically used religion as a weapon and not as they claim it is supposed to be used - show the path to eternal truths using persuasion and words and not the sword.