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  • Essay / Interaction of reason, science and religion - 1673

    It is the extremist minorities who participate in the war against terrorism and who introduce irrational rules such as Sharia law. Although they may say they are doing this in the name of God, the majority of people who have "faith" find that extreme terrorist acts go against all the moral and religious beliefs they share. Alex Berezow (2013) highlights the fact that “Yes, bad things have been done in the name of religion. But…the vast majority of wars since 1648…were due to power, land grabs and regime changes, not religion. Just because something appears to be the cause of war doesn't mean it's the real cause. Furthermore, Ruse points out the problem that creates a "sudden enthusiasm for atheism" (814) in that people simply seem tired of the retrograde views that religions such as Christianity continue to produce "...We are tired of preachers. telling us to hate homosexuals and consider abortion a form of murder... Opponents of religion are like a nice splash of cold water, a breath of fresh air, after the cloying, lukewarm humidity of the crew of “moral values”. (814) Again, these beliefs that are produced are very extreme views, not necessarily reflecting all of these