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Originally Posted by Stop It
Islam appears to be going through a similar phase that Christianity did. Does it make it any more bad? Probably not, does it show that religions are more similar to each other than they would ever care to admit and thus should bloody well get along and stop trying to kill each other for not being part of theirs? Probably.
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What it shows is, feudal, medieval societies use religion as a tool to ensure conformity and subservience. What it doesn't show is whether any particular religion is a reflection of absolute truth, or a useful philosophy of life, or anything of that kind.
In fact in Europe, it was the excesses of the political elites and their fondness for using Christianity as a means of control that helped spark the Reformation, which consisted of people pointing out that the Bible didn't support the things that were being done by both Church and State.
The Reformation and the rise of Protestantism has of course given people further excuses to kill each other. Nevertheless they do so in spite of what is written in the book they claim to live by, not because of it.