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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Ah yes, the argument that you are attempting now is the same one smokers use when they say "what about the fumes from cars then?".
The point is that we are discussing religious extremism arising from religious fundamentalism in this thread......
...and don't even get me started on communism and extremism....  |
I'm not gonna deny it...... the progression on the
ist scale would go from fundamentalist to extremist. I think there are certain followers of all religions who feel that they need to go a bit further to attain that higher level in their relationship with God.
Unfortunately with some muslims it has resorted to acts of terrorism in the UK. But taking terrorism aside, I have many friends who spend hours every night reciting prayers, in some meditation hypnotic trait (they are sufis). I find this level of devotion/prayer a bit extreme, but they believe it brings them closer to God. It is also not a fundamental part of the religion according to the majority of muslims I know. What I am trying to say is that extreme behaviour does manifest from a fundamental believe of your religion, but extreme behaviour does not have to resort in violence, and it definately does not mean its right.
If you are trying to say that without religion we wouldn't have religious terrorists then I have no argument against that. All I am trying to say is that you cannot blame the principles/teachings of the religion for the violence, but you could blame the interpretation of it.