Doesn’t Religion Cause Conflict?
Quick Questions about Christianity There is no denying it. Religious differences can cause—and have caused—all manner of conflict, violence and evil between humans on every level. Nevertheless, this by itself proves very little about the rightness or wrongness of religious belief in general or about Christianity in particular. After all, countries frequently go to war in the name of justice and honour—but this doesn’t mean that justice and honour are bad ideas. Similarly it isn’t uncommon for people to commit murder in the name of love—but this doesn’t mean we should abandon the idea of love. In reality, religious conflict...