newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:57 amCall out evil when it happens.

Crusades. Spanish Inquisition. Naqba. N. Ireland, Bosnia, Rwanda,

Religion, from wikipedia:

History of the concept of religion
Main article: Definition of religion
Religion is a modern Western concept.[6] The compartmentalized concept of religion, where religious things were separated from worldly things, was not used before the 1500s.[4] Furthermore, parallel concepts are not found in many cultures and there is no equivalent term for "religion" in many languages.[4] Scholars have found it difficult to develop a consistent definition, with some giving up on the possibility of a definition[13][14] and others rejecting the term entirely.[citation needed] Others argue that regardless of its definition, it is not appropriate to apply it to non-Western cultures.[15][6]

The modern concept of "religion" as an abstraction which entails distinct sets of beliefs or doctrines is a recent invention in the English language since such usage began with texts from the 17th century due to the splitting of Christendom during the Protestant Reformation and more prevalent colonization or globalization in the age of exploration which involved contact with numerous foreign and indigenous cultures with non-European languages.[16][17]

Ancient sacred texts like the Bible and the Quran did not have a concept of religion in their original languages and neither did their authors or the cultures to which they belonged.[5][4] It was in the 19th century that the terms "Buddhism", "Hinduism", "Taoism", and "Confucianism" first emerged.[16][18]

There is no precise equivalent of "religion" in Hebrew, and Judaism does not draw clear distinctions between religious, national, racial, or ethnic identities.[19]

I don't see how one could possibly interpret what I wrote as an attempt to whitewash anything unless the agenda is to divert attention from the real issue and the facts. All religions have violent adherents. Take an unprejudiced look around the west, the east, all over.