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Default Organised religion polarize people and create fanatics - 01-14-2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by rayfisher View Post
What is happening in kenya now has taught many lessons.We see that most prominent religious figures kept mum when election irregularities were raised and only responded when the violence was beginning to cool down.

I personally don't believe religion can fail in such critical moments.it is the indivduals at the top that have become partisan getting adsorbed into the complexes of tribalism.
The interest of organized religion is to win over more soldiers in the name of saving souls. Religion just like tribalism and petit ethnic affiliations; polarize people, creates and exacerbate conflicts and can never solve them
 


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