I think if you give someone the right to kill for their religion you give them the right to kill for anything because it's as legitimate as any other reason you can make up. It might mean more to the person thinking they are killing for their god, etc. but from an objective standpoint it's as good as any random reason or no reason at all.
This is a funny question, as it can surely be justified to fight for what you believe is right, but when fighting for a religion people tend to do great wrong.
Fighting in the name of a religion IS very wrong. And this is coming from a religious person.
[QUOTE=matsta;38596756]Ok, so if, let's say, someone takes you country and establishes a dictatorship, you would just let that happen?[/QUOTE]
That's not for a religion though, son. that's for a government. religion and government are usually two different things.
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I am an atheist, I choose to believe in the fact that I make decisions for my self, not some invisible guy in the sky. Fighting, and potentially killing for any religion should be considered immoral. people shouldn't have to die just so you can force them into your beliefs. your beliefs are your own, but that doesn't give you the right to force it onto others.
Yes because it is supported by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. No, if the type of fighting violates other rights.
Statism can be considered a form of religion, although less 'religious'.
People fight for "State" with similar vigor as people fight for "god".
Historically, democide is the #1 killer, not holy wars. Although sometimes it is hard to tell them apart.
If what America is doing is right, then fighting for a religion is right as well.
Religion is one of the driving wedges between culture. What it comes down to is whether or not fighting over cultural differences is justifiable. My opinion is that it is not; we live in a modern age where we should all be capable of working out differences through peaceful corroboration. However; this is a near impossible feat because many cultures have been conditioned to hate one another through decades of confrontations.
It's like when I lived in Greece it was almost certain that a majority percentage of Greeks hate the Turks as well as Germans; this hate has become deeply embedded into their culture.
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