Key Findings about the growing religious hostilities around the world (Pew Poll....)

[dimbear]

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/17/key-findings-about-growing-religious-hostilities-around-the-world/
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By Angelina Theodorou

Pew Research Center has been tracking religious restrictions and hostilities around the world since 2007. Our new report found that a third of the 198 countries and territories studied in 2012 had a high or very high level of social hostilities involving religion, the highest share in the six years of the study. These hostilities – defined in the study as acts of religious hostility by private individuals, organizations or groups in society – increased in every major region of the world except the Americas. Here are some top findings:

religious-restrictionsThe number of countries with religion-related terrorist violence has doubled over the past six years. In 2012, religion-related terrorist violence took place in one-in-five countries (20%), up from 9% in 2007.
(much more at link)
Dimbear: a rehash of the recent Pew data, but a concise summary with some particulars heightened.

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1. Has the number of countries with economic-realted terrorism increased or decreased?

[dimbear]

2. Given the fashion for terrorism in the world today, likely increased also.

Proportionately is another question.

[edhopper]

3. Yes,

because as progressives, we are never also concerned with inequality and economic plight.
We should just ignore the terrorism and other harmful things the survey talks about brought on because of religion because, you know, tolerance.

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4. No, we should do it because it would be stupid to ignore, deliberately or otherwise, reality.

[edhopper]

6. And what is your reality?

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7. Reality doesn't take the second person possesive.

Is yours subjective?

[edhopper]

8. What is the reality you speak of

that we should not ignore?

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9. Economic reality.

Do you actually think the root of these conflicts is scripture?

[edhopper]

12. I think that

religion plays a very big roll in terrorism.
I think it would be foolish to discount the religious teachings motivation for many terrorists.

Do you think the bombings of abortion clinics in this country were due to economic grievances?

The killing of the Danish cartoonist over the Mohammed cartoons was economics?

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13. No Danish cartoonist was killed over a Mohammed cartoon.

You're thinking of Westergaard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Westergaard

He was attacked by an associate of Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, which in turn is associated with al-Qaeda. Do you think al-Qaeda is a religious organization?

He was also threatened by a psychiatric patient.

The clinic bombings have generally been the work of extremist individuals who are likely unhinged.

The larger question is whether the abortion wars are at root economic or religious. I say the former. What say you?

[edhopper]

14. the pro-life movement is because of economics?

Every religious terrorist is actually doing it to for a reason other than they claim?

Islamic fundamentalists like the Taliban have nothing to do with religion?

I guess religious beliefs never really caused any troubles or harm, it was always everything but.

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15. The criminalization of abortion is economics based.

It is a superb method of control and submission.

The pro-life movement began after abortion became legal and this method of control was lost.

Who do you think is behind it and why? Religious groups make handy footsoldiers but the goal here is the resumption of control, not the sanctity of life.

Oh, and the Tea party is not a grass roots movement either. Tea Party patriots are not patriots,

[edhopper]

16. so you think the Pope

Wants to end abortion because he just wants to control the masses. Nothing to do with his religious beliefs?

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17. He doesn't. The Koch brothers do.

[edhopper]

18. And the religious convictions of the billions of people

who act because of their beliefs mean zero because the Koch Bros want something.
There would be no anti-abortion movement, no religious strife, no terrorism by pei\ople thinking they are doing Gods will if a few power brokers didn't pull their strings.

I'm done with this because it is pure poppycock. if you want to refuse to accept that religion and religious beliefs cause people to act, sometimes in very harmful ways, that's fine. But good luck trying to convince others of this ridiculous view.

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19. I find "poppycock" and "ridiculous" to be persuasive arguments.

Good luck trying to convince anyone with that argument.

[edhopper]

20. Not arguments

just apt descriptions of your arguments. I'll let others decide whether they agree or not with my assessment.

bu-bye.

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21. Apt is in the eye of the beholder.

[edhopper]

22. Difficulty with reading comprehension?

Or do you not see that is what my post said?

bu-bye

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23. The difficulty is not mine.

[cbayer]

5. I did post this a few days ago and it didn't draw much attention.

[dimbear]

10. The latest outrages in Afghanistan should focus our attention toward these core problems....

and Iraq again...........

[cbayer]

11. Yes it should. It should also be noted that religious intolerance is

more often than not at the core of these problems.

Since religion isn't going to go away, it would seem logical that increasing tolerance and understanding is where the efforts should lie.

The other major area obviously is theocracy, as the study shows. This seems to be an area where US support or non-support could make a difference.

But it's tough and it's been going on for a very, very long time.