Most religions do have some philosophy regarding peace and non-violence. Some religions preach warfare for some reasons, others shun violence whatsoever. I shall list religions having violence as theme in decreasing order. 1. Islam 2. Christianity (though Christ never preached violence, his followers do) 3. Sikhism 4. Hinduism 5. Budhism & Jainism
Have you evr heard of Budhists and Jains involved in violence. they are generally victims as in Sri lanka or Myanmar.
RE:Religion and peace
by Aramac Memon on Oct 16, 2007 07:43 AM Permalink
SURE THEY ARE.. HOW ABOUT JAPAN IN WWII. Read about the Japanese conquest of China and East Asia...
JAINISM - THE DO NOT KILL PHYSICALLY BUT THEY WILL MENTALLY DRIVE PEOPLE TO DESPAIR.. MOST MONEY LENDERS WHO PREY ON WEAK AND DRINK HUMAN BLOOD AND DRIVE FAMILIES TO SUICIDE AND LET THE CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN SUFFER FOR DECADES
RE:Religion and peace
by Arshdeep Singh on Oct 16, 2007 04:41 AM Permalink
Kalki Forget other religions, have you ever read Geeta (assuming you are Hindu)? Even I dont know about other religions but what I am sure of my religion (and almost sure of other religions) is that We need to help poors and innocents and in this process if you need to fight anybody, it is 'Approved'. We carry the sword, we wear the turbans since anybody, i repeat anybody (Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Jain or anybody else) can easily recognise us and come to us for help and We, being the Sikhs, CAN NOT DENY.
RE:Religion and peace
by jimmy on Oct 16, 2007 05:00 AM Permalink
What ever the world say about sikhs, I don't care. I have high respect for Sikhs. It's because of sikhs Hindus have survived other wise muslims would have wiped out hindus during partition days. However somone might definitely say about Golden Temple. For that my answer would be that Indira Gandhi was no saint. Infact Kalki we should work towards uniting Sikhs, Christian and Hindus and fight for the disease worse than AIDS and Cancer i.e. ISLAM.
RE:Religion and peace
by deepak on Oct 16, 2007 05:31 AM Permalink
Are you crazy kalki??? Japanese are murderous warriors with a penchant for suicide. That is not a direct teaching of Buddhism but the theory of reincarnation has been used by Japanese to take an indifferent view of death. As for your contention abt violence as a theme, you forgot to mention the basic & most unique aspect of Islam. It is a political system more than anything else. Islam established a Caliphate with a vision to bring evryone to the supposed path of revelations from Allah. No other religion is a 'divine' political system.
RE:Religion and peace
by Ram Chauthariya on Oct 16, 2007 07:00 AM Permalink
Again Hindus and Buddhists have also committed great acts of violence. But these acts are not daily acts of terror directed against civilians like Muslims do and now Sikhs seem to join in.
RE:Religion and peace
by rajeev on Oct 16, 2007 06:47 AM Permalink
it is wrong to say that a religion preaches voilence, let it be any. Islam fundamentalist have interpretted that in their own sense but it again is their own for selfish gains. Christanity and islam preach them selves more so that they get more converted to their belife. I would say they are insecure and do not have deep foundations to stand on. As one of them is imposed and the other is narrated scientifically. Sikhiism does not preach violence. Keep in mind sikhism is a following and belief, and sikh is the only soldier who has the rights to protect the hindu religion. Sikhism preaches love, purity and equalness and power with confidence to be executed if the need be. Jainism /buddhism preaches the sanyas , again it is a following. The two followings are the right and left shoulders of hinduism. To percentile them is no way a balanced approach. Christanity never preached violence by jesus, but the ineterpretence by the people down the line to impose their upmanship they have changed the sermon of love during barbaric times which is again based on hindu scriptures to sermons of conversion and insecurity. islam was imposed so that the ruler could be considered as god as he was not, but again both these religions or followings have come up during the barbaric times so give them the doubt of being young. Hinduism has existed and been in existence since the human origin to last infinite date. Hinduism is not a religion but a principle to live as a human on the planet.
RE:Religion and peace
by rajeev on Oct 16, 2007 07:00 AM Permalink
In continuation , the history is the proof that it was a sikh who bared his chest first to take on the sword or the bullet. You have to know and understand a sikh as he is a human who gives him self to a cause, and that cause is the purity to persist and lead. Sikh is the soldier for the hindu principles and it is being demoted as a religion by some foolish people who are again giving sermons and interpretting the granth in theor own ideology. If you read the granth every word the guru says at the end of evry line is a hari. being from the guru family down many generations i feel sorry how his thoghts and saying have been mutilated for selfish reasons by many organisations.I was shocked to see bhindarwale potraits as guru in many gurudwaras, well the guru who preached love, truth and equalness has now bhindarwalla to share the podium as guru. Does that rapist and politically hungry mane equal the guru gobindsinghs deed any where, but when i see the comparisons by these fools i bleeed a tear of blood as what i see down hundred years is not good because of hatred being spread under this preaching. But any way if a person is a sikh let me tell he will be the first one to give blood than take or harm any, and they do not need proofs to proof them selves. I am not a sikh but i still belive in them and trust them more
