Throughout history of mankind, religion has played positive as well as negative influential role in human relations of the world. The religious prospects of charity, unity and community building have given rise to much social goodwill. On the other hand, religion has been related to the causation of violence, hatred, irrational thinking and many other social evils. The impact of the religion chiefly depends upon the interpretation of the religious teachings. Those who misunderstand the divine instructions eventually cause evils in the society. Consequently, the religion becomes harmful along with being helpful in the human society.
Faithful people often are more inclined towards philanthropy and welfare of mankind. Many human rights movements are led by religious people. Among them, the movement against slavery and International Red Cross movement are the prominent examples. Religious people also provide more donations. Arthur Brooks, the author of "Who Really Cares" who did research on who are the people involved in helping the poor said, “Finally, the single biggest predictor of whether …show more content…
As Pope John Paul II said in Egypt after fighting between Christians and Muslims led to bloodshed in 2000 that “To do harm, to promote violence and conflict in the name of religion, is a terrible contradiction and a great offense against God. But past and present history gives us many examples of such misuse of religion.” The history is fraught with such examples. From the thirty years war between Catholics and Protestants in the seventeenth century church which killed almost one-fourth of the Europeans, to the recent conflicts in Israel where extremist Israelis claim the lands of Gaza and the West Bank to be the part of Biblical Israel. Consequently, these hypocritical actions have failed the religion to live up to its
Faithful people often are more inclined towards philanthropy and welfare of mankind. Many human rights movements are led by religious people. Among them, the movement against slavery and International Red Cross movement are the prominent examples. Religious people also provide more donations. Arthur Brooks, the author of "Who Really Cares" who did research on who are the people involved in helping the poor said, “Finally, the single biggest predictor of whether …show more content…
As Pope John Paul II said in Egypt after fighting between Christians and Muslims led to bloodshed in 2000 that “To do harm, to promote violence and conflict in the name of religion, is a terrible contradiction and a great offense against God. But past and present history gives us many examples of such misuse of religion.” The history is fraught with such examples. From the thirty years war between Catholics and Protestants in the seventeenth century church which killed almost one-fourth of the Europeans, to the recent conflicts in Israel where extremist Israelis claim the lands of Gaza and the West Bank to be the part of Biblical Israel. Consequently, these hypocritical actions have failed the religion to live up to its