a religious grudge can be maintained for thousands of years

[mopaul]

mel gibson is STILL mad at the jews who turned jesus over to pilate.

born again crazies are still mad at the jews about that.

the arabs are still mad at the christians for the crusades, and vice versa. shiites and shias still fighting over centuries old battles.
bosnians and serbians too.

amazing isn't it?

[babylonsister]

1. That is exactly why this war should

never have been engaged. Nobody thought ahead to the repercussions of a religious war with no end. And also why I hope the blivet goes down in infamy as the worst ever.

[bryant69]

2. Why can't we all just get along?

But I will comment that all sorts of grudges can be sustained irrationally and seemingly indefinately without reference to religion.

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[babylonsister]

3. It'd be nice to whitewash this, but it has

everything to do with religion, as much as that might pain anyone. I'll add the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland to the mix as well. I'm not disparaging anyone who is religious, but those are the facts. People are blowing themselves up in the name of religion, as irrational as that might be.

Edit to add: And not just themselves (suicide bombers), but as many poor souls as they can bring with them.

[bryant69]

4. I'm not saying these specific cases don't have

anything to do with religion. I'm saying there are lots of reasons people hate each other that have nothing to do with religion.