Interfaith Panel Discusses Role of Religion in Peacemaking

By Abdi Aynte
Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 1:44 am

Is the role of religion in societies helping or hindering the quest for peace in the world?
It depends on how it’s used, said a group of panelists that debated the issue Thursday at the University of Minnesota. But they argued that religion is not intrinsically a source of conflict, as widely portrayed in the media.

In fact, “Monotheistic religions have more values in common than they get credit for,

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4 Comments

pzmyers
Comment posted March 10, 2007 @ 9:52 am

I am unconvinced So an interfaith panel that contains only people of faith decides that faith is a good thing? Hold the phone, I am so surprised!


litemite
Comment posted March 12, 2007 @ 12:09 pm

It’s all the atheists fault I understand that al qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, the IRA, the Bush admin. are all secret atheist organizations posing as religious terrorist outfits. It’s all a big plot,see.The inter-fraud counsel is on the case.


pzmyers
Comment posted March 10, 2007 @ 3:52 am

I am unconvinced So an interfaith panel that contains only people of faith decides that faith is a good thing? Hold the phone, I am so surprised!


litemite
Comment posted March 12, 2007 @ 7:09 am

It's all the atheists fault I understand that al qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, the IRA, the Bush admin. are all secret atheist organizations posing as religious terrorist outfits. It's all a big plot,see.The inter-fraud counsel is on the case.


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