Quote Originally Posted by Линдзи
Yep yep. Frankly, I don't think any religion is actually PEACEFUL, per se, since they are, by definition, being practiced by human beings. The principals of the religion can be peaceful, but the religion itself cannot be. Does that make any sense?
It makes heaps of sense. Especially these days, for example, Islam is pushed as a peaceful religion. Overall, you can see the problem this way: "Hi. I'm a very devoted believer in" X "faith. It's a faith of peace and, as such, I believe I am a peaceful 'n good person for following it. However, I feel there are people who wish to destroy what I believe in. So, therefore, it's do-or-die; me-or-them. This justifies my choice to get really p***ed off"...

This goes for pretty much any faith. The problem here, I think, is that religion sets the goal for it's followers of becoming rational and/or forsaking/controlling things like passion, emotions, carnal desire, etc. However, we're not totally rational and we can't control ourselves the way 'X' religion says to.

PS - 44 Cannon, I don't get it. How can social welfare be evil?