I think sometimes is there any correlation between religion and aggression? The more I think about it, I tend to conclude that the answer is yes. You may initially be surprised how come? But I'll cite an example -
If you take Hinduism then Hindus in ancient times were considered aggressive people. Well, at-least that's what we know as of today or that is something taught to us! As time passed, there was conversion to Buddhism and eventually to Islam (conversion to Christianity and other religions were minor so I won't discuss it).
When people converted to Islam, it is same race of people but you can see that the overall aggression has increased. We Hindus boast all the time that we are peace-loving people but the reality is we don't have guts to be aggressive and that relates to the religion itself.
As there is no provision within Hinduism to convert people, we traditionally are non-aggressive people. Non-aggressive and peace-loving nature may be good if other races believe in same attribute and value it. It is a weakness when other ethnic groups perceive it as a weakness and do not appreciate it. Therefore, we Hindus must become more aggressive to combat with these other race/religion people in order to survive. We must not forget that the fittest would survive in the end.
I'm convinced that there cannot be peace without addressing all inherent issues and to address those issues, one must confront them head-on and if you do that, then there will be disagreement that would result into skirmishes and one must deal with them with some force and aggression. There cannot be peace without a war first! It just isn't possible...
Think on it Hindus!
If you take Hinduism then Hindus in ancient times were considered aggressive people. Well, at-least that's what we know as of today or that is something taught to us! As time passed, there was conversion to Buddhism and eventually to Islam (conversion to Christianity and other religions were minor so I won't discuss it).
When people converted to Islam, it is same race of people but you can see that the overall aggression has increased. We Hindus boast all the time that we are peace-loving people but the reality is we don't have guts to be aggressive and that relates to the religion itself.
As there is no provision within Hinduism to convert people, we traditionally are non-aggressive people. Non-aggressive and peace-loving nature may be good if other races believe in same attribute and value it. It is a weakness when other ethnic groups perceive it as a weakness and do not appreciate it. Therefore, we Hindus must become more aggressive to combat with these other race/religion people in order to survive. We must not forget that the fittest would survive in the end.
I'm convinced that there cannot be peace without addressing all inherent issues and to address those issues, one must confront them head-on and if you do that, then there will be disagreement that would result into skirmishes and one must deal with them with some force and aggression. There cannot be peace without a war first! It just isn't possible...
Think on it Hindus!
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