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takkaria · 01-21-2007, 10:23 PM

Whoops! I meant that as a reply to the last post on page 5, and hadn't read page 6 yet...

I quote Dawkins, in The Devil's Chaplain, a book I have but have not yet read (I found the quote online):

"My point is not that religion itself is the motivation for wars, murders and terrorist attacks, but that religion is the principal label, and the most dangerous one, by which a "they" as opposed to a "we" can be identified at all."

Here is an example of how he does not claim that Northern Ireland and the problems in Iraq are entirely caused by religion.

01-21-2007, 10:23 PM	#159 (permalink)
takkaria Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 32	Whoops! I meant that as a reply to the last post on page 5, and hadn't read page 6 yet... I quote Dawkins, in The Devil's Chaplain, a book I have but have not yet read (I found the quote online): "My point is not that religion itself is the motivation for wars, murders and terrorist attacks, but that religion is the principal label, and the most dangerous one, by which a "they" as opposed to a "we" can be identified at all." Here is an example of how he does not claim that Northern Ireland and the problems in Iraq are entirely caused by religion. Last edited by takkaria; 01-21-2007 at 10:29 PM.