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Originally Posted by Mnemosyne  Religions aren't violent, people are violent.
Every religion I've ever learned about teaches of love and harmony. I've never seen one that teaches violence. Not even the middle-east religion your friend referenced.
What causes violence is people's interpretation of their religion, and their ego. The ego is that which pushes you to survive, and it doesn't always align itself with the altruistic values that religion teaches. |
I don't really approve of the website this is on, but I was searching for a list of punishments, and this one fit the bill pretty well. It's hard to deny explicit quotations from the Bible.
Ten Commandments
These aren't teachings of violence, no. They're commandments.