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toasterwater · 12-14-2006, 11:46 AM

I had a debate with a coworker today about the possibility of world peace. My basic hypothesis was that if the whole world were to unite as one nation, then essentially, there would be no need for war (the only exception for this would of course be a civil war). His argument was that there are too many religions (specifically speaking about those religions in the middle east) that are aggressive/defensive in nature. He basically said that there is no way that these religions could live together in the same nation peacefully (of course i rubutted with a comment on how there is a least a representative population of most religions in the united states... and they seem to be capable of living in harmony).

I believe that those who start wars based on religion must be perverting their religious contexts in a manner to suit their own desire for war. I would hope that most (if not all) religions are peace oriented in nature. So this is my question: what is your religion, and do you believe that it would be possible for people of your faith to live harmoniously with people of another faith? Of course, this is assuming that the other parties will be peaceful as well... its not expected that you live peacefully if you are attacked, but the main idea is that everyone be peaceful with one another, regardless of beliefs.

also, do you think that it would be possible that the entire world live as one peaceful nation?

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toasterwater Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 247	Is your religion peaceful? I had a debate with a coworker today about the possibility of world peace. My basic hypothesis was that if the whole world were to unite as one nation, then essentially, there would be no need for war (the only exception for this would of course be a civil war). His argument was that there are too many religions (specifically speaking about those religions in the middle east) that are aggressive/defensive in nature. He basically said that there is no way that these religions could live together in the same nation peacefully (of course i rubutted with a comment on how there is a least a representative population of most religions in the united states... and they seem to be capable of living in harmony). I believe that those who start wars based on religion must be perverting their religious contexts in a manner to suit their own desire for war. I would hope that most (if not all) religions are peace oriented in nature. So this is my question: what is your religion, and do you believe that it would be possible for people of your faith to live harmoniously with people of another faith? Of course, this is assuming that the other parties will be peaceful as well... its not expected that you live peacefully if you are attacked, but the main idea is that everyone be peaceful with one another, regardless of beliefs. also, do you think that it would be possible that the entire world live as one peaceful nation?