Comments on: When God sanctions killing, the people listen http://religionisaproblem.com/2008/01/22/when-god-sanctions-killing-the-people-listen/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Cindy http://religionisaproblem.com/2008/01/22/when-god-sanctions-killing-the-people-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Cindy Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:20:18 +0000 http://religionisaproblem.com/2008/01/22/when-god-sanctions-killing-the-people-listen/#comment-229 Yes it is called Bible Bashing We can prove anything with and without Gods Help !!! Yes it is called Bible Bashing

We can prove anything with and without Gods Help !!!

]]> By: Brian http://religionisaproblem.com/2008/01/22/when-god-sanctions-killing-the-people-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Brian Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:03:23 +0000 http://religionisaproblem.com/2008/01/22/when-god-sanctions-killing-the-people-listen/#comment-199 The point of this post was that reading a religious scripture made people more aggressive in this experiment - whether they were religious or not. You can bring context and history into the discussion but you'd only be trying to protect religion from the results of an experiment with very clear results. Besides, history is rife with examples of religious violence so I'm not sure it's wise to invoke history on the matter. I think the authors of the study included that statement in the study - which is otherwise quite negative toward religion - because they wanted to avoid pissing people off. As for the overriding message of the scriptures being "peace and love," that would depend on what message you are trying to find. There is definitely scripture that has overriding message of hate, violence, and bigotry. People find in the scripture what they are looking for because there are mixed messages. If a person wants to justify their violence, they'll be able to find scripture providing that justification and grounding it firmly in God's will. The point of this post was that reading a religious scripture made people more aggressive in this experiment - whether they were religious or not. You can bring context and history into the discussion but you’d only be trying to protect religion from the results of an experiment with very clear results.

Besides, history is rife with examples of religious violence so I’m not sure it’s wise to invoke history on the matter. I think the authors of the study included that statement in the study - which is otherwise quite negative toward religion - because they wanted to avoid pissing people off.

As for the overriding message of the scriptures being “peace and love,” that would depend on what message you are trying to find. There is definitely scripture that has overriding message of hate, violence, and bigotry. People find in the scripture what they are looking for because there are mixed messages. If a person wants to justify their violence, they’ll be able to find scripture providing that justification and grounding it firmly in God’s will.

]]> By: McKay Young http://religionisaproblem.com/2008/01/22/when-god-sanctions-killing-the-people-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-197 McKay Young Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:14:17 +0000 http://religionisaproblem.com/2008/01/22/when-god-sanctions-killing-the-people-listen/#comment-197 You forgot to mention that the discussion section addresses this issue about how it can facilitate extremism, but that religion also has a great pacifying effect and "Moreover, Nepstad (2004) argued that ‘‘religion has historically played a significant role in curbing violence, constraining aggression, and promoting reconciliation and understanding between groups’’ (p. 297), presumably because the overriding message of the scriptures is one of peace and love. Taking a single violent episode out of its overall context (as we did here) can produce a significant increase in aggression." It is extremism that the article is addressing, not religion in general. You forgot to mention that the discussion section addresses this issue about how it can facilitate extremism, but that religion also has a great pacifying effect and
“Moreover, Nepstad (2004) argued that
‘‘religion has historically played a significant role in curbing
violence, constraining aggression, and promoting reconciliation
and understanding between groups’’ (p. 297), presumably because
the overriding message of the scriptures is one of peace
and love. Taking a single violent episode out of its overall context
(as we did here) can produce a significant increase in
aggression.” It is extremism that the article is addressing, not religion in general.

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