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Religion: Blessing or Curse
Jihad, holy war, and infidel are words that are becoming more and more familiar to the American public due to the current involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Enemy combatants believe they are fighting American soldiers in the name of Jihad. This, however, is not the first instance of such an event; for centuries people have fought viciously in wars because they believed that God would reward them. Is religion not supposed to preach peace and love for one's neighbor? It is ironic that more people have been killed in the name of one god or another than for any other reason throughout history. Despite this, religion does deserve credit for not only unifying early peoples, but also for showing that early man had a more developed conscious than was originally thought. Religion also gave a basis for the development of society and civilization by providing rules and guidelines to live by. Even though religion has been the cause, however indirectly, of......

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