and for all the wars that happened, it's because this other religion decided to come into war on Christianity or Buddhism or Judaism.
Christianity has not always been a peaceful religion. Ever wonder why there was a furore about Obama using the word 'crusade' against terrorism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wars_of_religionNo I didn't ever wonder about why Obama did some stupid thing, because that's, well, what he does.
Except that Bush said that.
He's the smart one, yes?
That's correct. It was Bush. I remember when he said that I thought "Oh shit!! where are his advisers?" That is a very uncool thing to say in a place that remembers the crusades like it happened last year.
I think all of these cases, Christians, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Atheists; It all comes down to human hate and the abuse of religious messages. If a PERSON hates someone / something they will find a way to justify their actions by showing it is a good thing. And what better authority to have on your side than a God. Or in the case of an atheist, the laws of nature.
In reality we are all stuck on a wet rock with a bubble around it. We don't have to hate each other, and what God worth his salt would want us to hate each other.
Hate comes from a dark place in
us. It surely does not come from the same place as "God's love".
It was not in Bush's prepared speech, IIRC.
You're right on the other count as well. But the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) are kinda ahead of the pack. They all share a very violent and jealous God, as reflected in the commandments contained within the Torah, Bible and Quran.
Deuteronomy 17: 2-5
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
From Quran (4:89)
"They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks."