We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That’s it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.” (Harris, 2006) The pilgrims came to this great land quite a while ago and one of their main reasons was they wanted religious freedom.(America As A Religious Refuge, 2015) The Christians followed Pope Urban II’s command to attack the Muslims in their holy land. (The Crusades: A Complete History, 2015) The Muslims felt disrespected by the Americans trying to change their values. (Terrorism-Causes and Consequences, 2015) Intolerance, sociocentricism, and egos lead to conflict between groups of people that they feel they must fight to resolve, therefor religion does start
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( Merriam- Webster) The Crusades are a perfect example of this because specifically Pope Urban II hated the thought of people of a different belief being in his religion’s holy land. Britain wanted everyone to practice the same religion and this lead many to flea the country in search of the freedom to practice what they want. But another, and much more modern, example is Donald Trump. He has on many occasions voiced his dislike for “illegal” immigrants and has said he wants to build a wall to keep them out of his country. He also wants to refuse certain rights of Muslims in the United States and refuse to allow Syrian refugees into the country. ISIS as well is very intolerant, often killing people because they don’t observe the same things that they do. This is leading to all kinds of fights between groups and even countries, all because we can’t agree to …show more content…
Looking at it, no one wants to be wrong and that is ok. No one wants to be the one that loses and that is ok. No one wants to seem weak and that is also ok. But what is not ok is not looking at the situation from all angles. Because when people willingly ignore possibilities they create the possibility of an argument. When these arguments are blown out of proportion that leads to fights. A fight between nations is called a war. A war is the result of not wanting to be wrong and having too much pride to admit it. These wars last for extremely long periods of time because no one wants to admit defeat. This defeats the original purpose of religion in the first
( Merriam- Webster) The Crusades are a perfect example of this because specifically Pope Urban II hated the thought of people of a different belief being in his religion’s holy land. Britain wanted everyone to practice the same religion and this lead many to flea the country in search of the freedom to practice what they want. But another, and much more modern, example is Donald Trump. He has on many occasions voiced his dislike for “illegal” immigrants and has said he wants to build a wall to keep them out of his country. He also wants to refuse certain rights of Muslims in the United States and refuse to allow Syrian refugees into the country. ISIS as well is very intolerant, often killing people because they don’t observe the same things that they do. This is leading to all kinds of fights between groups and even countries, all because we can’t agree to …show more content…
Looking at it, no one wants to be wrong and that is ok. No one wants to be the one that loses and that is ok. No one wants to seem weak and that is also ok. But what is not ok is not looking at the situation from all angles. Because when people willingly ignore possibilities they create the possibility of an argument. When these arguments are blown out of proportion that leads to fights. A fight between nations is called a war. A war is the result of not wanting to be wrong and having too much pride to admit it. These wars last for extremely long periods of time because no one wants to admit defeat. This defeats the original purpose of religion in the first