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Originally Posted by Native spirit
Religion causes wars and the need to control there is no purpose of it in my opinion
Namaste
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That's a litany that gets repeated alot by those who dismiss faith. So let's examine it, shouldn't we?
"Religion", as it is classified in general, exists because life is more and other than this organic and material world, in time and space.
Science, Experience, and spiritual teachings, agree.
What "causes war" then, N.S.?
The situation we find ourselves in, this "evolved" animal/mammal situation, evolved in "illusory" space/time, is a result of a "fall". As the Boble indicates.
First of the angelic, then also of humanity.
What is primary in this evolved, organic and temporary situation?
The "Survival Instinct", related with ego.
So, it's not "religion" in actuality, which is responsible for wars, conflicts, and violence.
It is the "evolved" animal/mammal, "human" nature.
Again... evolved in what modern science since Einstein calls, "the illusion".
The greater reality and truth being Spirit, and involving the timeless.
This is what humanity is fallen from.
This is what religion, for the most part, teaches.