is it religion or man?

Religion has had 2000 years to make a difference, not only has it failed miserably, but it has been the root cause of many wars and millions of murders. The Church murdered millions during the Dark Ages in Europe to rid the world of witches, who were challenging it's authority. Also many hundreds of witches were tortured and killed in America for the same reasons. The Indigenous peoples of the new world suffered Horribly at the hands of European Missionaries, all in the name of Jesus Christ. My God, How can Religion be justified given its Murderous track record over the last 2000 years?

it is man, for sure, throughout the ages men have interpreted religion to advance their own selfish ways

religions are peaceful but the people always misuse religions for their benefits, but all the hatreadlike muslim invasion and christian invasion and all was to spread the religion and to loot the money so the root cause was the money which made the man blind for killing his brothers and sisters

It is Satan, the arch enemy of mankind who deceived Eve and Adam who kept silent when he should have said 'stop don't eat that!" that is the root cause of all the hatred we have here. True religion the belief in God who gives us the moral compass to do what is right is not that cause of hatred. It is the world, our own flesh, and the devil that seeks to rise against God. The devil is a liar and so twists God's words that he makes good seem evil, and evil seem good and sets man down the road to confusion and ruin. True religion brings honor and harmony, false religion or man made religion brings discord.

Well for a start off i doubt it's the devil. I believe that's an excuse to keep god the perfect idol for all. It's both religion and man. Man's empotions, greed, gluttony, selffishness etc etc all contribute to the hatred on Earth but so does religion. The differences between them all are exploited more than the similarities: the muslims think theirs was God's chosen religion, the jewish think theirs is gods chosen religion and the christians, catholics, hindus etc etc. (The same idea is in all holy books) On top of that there's the idea of killing people for your religion, while i can't see how God can allow such 'sacrifices' in his name, and i don't understand how people believe that wars from this will get them closer to god (partially cos im not religious, partially because it's barbaric and goes against all religious teachings). The teachings of 'God' contradict themselves. In this people perceieve what they want to find; this leads to faiths being built on assumptions, conflicting ideas and then war. Traditional behavioural pattern. So, it's both.

Revelation 12:9,12 (New International Version) 9The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. 12Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short." As we can see from this verse, the major culprit for the evil and wickedness in the world, is Satan the Devil, an evil angel that rebelled against God.

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Religion is a set of beliefs created by man to keep society, especially women, under control. The sooner we chuck religion, the faster we will progress. Religion is just a bunch of superstitious lies created by those in power and accepted by those who had neither brains nor power. Cheers and happy Mylotting

Religion is just an invention of man and it is used to force others to do as they are told. It is just a tool that men use for their own needs and to gain power. Religion cannot prevail over man as it is just a tool of men. It has been used for centuries to justify killing, torturing and suppression of women and anyone else that the men who control it want to suppress. Mankind is capable of good and evil. However, people seem to think that evil is the easier path and they care about nothing but themselves.

I don't believe that all religion is good, nor do I believe all religions will prevail. However, even though many blame the problems of this world on religion, I agree with you that it's man not religion that's the problem. I think most religions do teach some version of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Unfortunately, too many people seem to think they have the right to force others to believe as they do. You'd think that after all these years they would have learned that force never works.

Religion bring us closer to God..without religion there is no fellowship between the same faith..The root cause of all evil in this world is not because of religion or merely by man..we have to examine the real cause...this is done by those evil doers, who possess no good spirit at all..

It was really hard to judge who is the main reason why there is so much hatred or sin in the world. But in my own opinion it was a man itself for those who know what is good and what is evil. Because for me if we know the good and the bad it is our selves also know what were going to do. In religion you are right they are teaching how man to move on either right or left. They have a lot of teaching which helps us to be good enough. They teach like moral values, good behavior and many more. Especially they teach about to love others and not being selfish.

Man is the only reason and causes why theres a taboos all over the world.. Because of power, envy, etc. man can do harm to another..Religion is not an issue, man himself causes religion to be the cause why theres a taboos in religion, their faith is totally against their religion.. That is why theres a Man-made catastrope and its very damaging, not just in our environment but to everyone's relationship.. But we cant please every body, there are some people who enjoys destroying the world..

religion was invented by man so man is the root of all evil, you can't blame religion for this, man has a head to think with it not to just follow blindly. I em against organized religion because of this, because it is used to brainwash people and make them do evil acts.

Hello, sweetnsalty. It is all because of the man. However, you have to remember that religion was something created by the man. It is all the same thing. Man is the one who cannot respect his brothers, the one who cannot accept that others will have different opinions. In religion, in sports, in movies, in music, in love. We all have different likes and dislikes, but none of us can deal perfectly with it. You cannot accept how can someone love that stupid person, while others cannot understand how you think like that. It is always like this. The cause of all the evil is man. The cause of all the good things, too. Respectfully, Munhozmib.

or maybe organized religion is a way to control the masses.

It is religion that is spreading the hate. A time will come when people will come to know of the nonsense of religion and on that day, religion will disappear.

abit of both. every religion wants to dominate the political world, in that there is also human gread to benefit ones self. so i say 60 percent religion 40 human

Man making things from religious thoughts, to present in his way to other people i.e manipulating the religion, that's why people now a days think that religion is bad, but it is the man who makes it like that.