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What does it mean?
Violence done in the name of religion suggests a flaw in the system.
In plain terms
When religion causes death, something is wrong with it.
What can you take from it?
Question religious systems that justify violence.

Where it applies

  • historical analysis
  • debate

Putting it to work

  • study religious history
  • critique dogma

Questions to consider

  • What roles does faith play in conflict?
  • How do we judge institutions?

Another view

Not all violence is religiously motivated.

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