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religion is a force for peace religion causes conflicts
Debate Score:19
Arguments:17
Total Votes:20
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Is religion a tool for peace in the world, or does it is likely cause wars?

One of the biggest and powerful force is religion. It occured as peaceful thing and also it was a cause of many wars. Nowadays, the countries of Muslim world and Western countries are afraid of each others because of extrimism and terrorism. However, if we face the concepts of Islam it will occur that it contains only peace and love. How religion can be justified? Is it good or bad? 

religion is a force for peace

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religion causes conflicts

Side Score: 11
3 points

Religion doesn't cause conflict, people do. This like arguing that guns kill; guns don't kill, people do.

Side: religion is a force for peace
1 point

I'm going to have to disagree unfortunately. Your argument seemed fairly reasonable when I read it, but after thinking about it I'm going to have to disagree. Religion DOES certainly encourage conflict (for the most part anyway). The difference between guns and religion is this: You can kill someone directly with a gun, but you can use religion as an indirect way of causing a conflict, or indeed, death.

Side: religion causes conflicts
Thewayitis(4071) Disputed
0 points

How does pointing a gun at somebody not cause conflict ?

Side: religion is a force for peace
1 point

I think that religion is a tool to manage people. This is very great opportunity to make a good money as business or something like this. People afraid of uncertainty that is why religion can be help them in this case.

Side: religion is a force for peace
Bobbeh(51) Disputed
1 point

But what happens when a business gets a competitor? They conflict, but a religion is bigger than a business, and people will die.

Side: religion causes conflicts
1 point

Let's take a look at some recent conflicts.

WW I - Not Caused By Religious Beliefs

WWII - Not Caused By Religious Beliefs

Korean War - Not Caused by Religious Beliefs

Vietnam - Not Caused by Religious Beliefs

Afganistan - Not Clear

Iraq - Very Clearly not a religious war but a power play for Oil

Kosovo ???

Africa ????

The next great war will be over natural resources.

Side: religion is a force for peace

Religion can be dangerous. For example crusaders killed a lot of people of different religion. The Inquisition carried out its torture in the name of God. That's why religion shouldn't be used in politics because it can controll people in bad ways.

Side: religion causes conflicts

"Religions like Islam justify “holy” wars against the “unfaithful”, meaning people of other religions. This can also be seen in the violence of the crusades launched by Christians in the medieval period, and by later wars between Protestant and Catholic Christians in Europe, as well as in the more recent violent attacks by extremist Hindu groups against Christians and Muslims in India. Religious convictions like these paved the way for the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001" (retrieved from debateidea.com).

Side: religion causes conflicts
1 point

Religion, however strong it may be, is only another way in which we separate people. We can only have peace if we stop looking at ourselves as this or that and look at ourselves as a single population, species, and race. Religion is keeping us away from new ideas and different people and therefore can never bring peace.

Side: religion causes conflicts
1 point

Na its a 'tool' thats it,Doesnt mean it can fix 'Mankind' Its more of Illusion But these dayz people can see what it really is Now that Technology has advance..

Side: religion causes conflicts

Religion is without a doubt the worst aspect of human existence today. While each religion had its golden age, it now does nothing but prohibit the expansion of thinking and rights. It absolutely has no place in the modern world.

Side: religion causes conflicts
1 point

It's a big time war causer.

I've seen marriages fall apart because of religious differences. Friendships end as well. So it's just not big wars, little wars are just as bad.

Side: religion causes conflicts
1 point

Agreed. Most religion is bad. .

Side: religion causes conflicts