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Originally Posted by mabelode
That's right. The problem with religion is that each thinks they are right, but that not all can be, hence the Islam vs fundamentalist Christian "debate". How can there be respect if each thinks they are "the one true way"? There is a lot more likelihood of common ground with non-religious issues.
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But, is there any real common ground between a democratic state, like the US, a communist state, like China, a dictator held state, like any number of African countries? Each one of those feel like they are right, but not any one of those governments is right. They all have problems, because you have a higher class of people and a lower class of people. There is no middle class, because those of us, myself included, who do not have the means to buy the world, are paying for those who can buy the world. No matter which type of government you live in, and isn't that the real reason why we have conflicts so the rich can get richer. It happened in Vietnam and it is happening now in Iraq.
Those who have power (or guns), are always looking for more power and money. Look at Germany before and during World War ll. Whomever is in power always wants more then he can have.
So, basically, what I am trying to say is religion is not the root cause of an uprising, or unrest, but the people who are supposed to be levelheaded and keep our countries out of these squirmishes. The actions of a country come from those who think they are doing what the people they represent want them to do. I, myself, didn't ask my leaders to invade Iraq, but to get bin Laden, and put him on trial for his actions of 9-11.
Hopefully my ramblings made some sort of sense.