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A_C_E on 16 April 2017
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JWeinCom said:
taus90 said:

I agree no religion teaches to hate, infact it keeps most of the peopl in check of doing much more worst act in fear of god.. and if it was not for religion these terrorist would have found some other reason to commit these crime and it would have been far worst.

Talking about Jainism, I agree jainisim is a purest form of religion along with buddism, but again its the people how they interepret it.. e.g. where i live jain's are thought the people who eat non veg and where leather are evil, and forgiving them is an act of kindness, also if you are an athiest from any reglion, a person without belief they are looked down upon.. again this is all made up by people on the basis of their interpretation.

There's no evidence that religion helps "keep people in check".  Atheists are actually highly underrepresented in prison populations, and societal health tends to be far higher in more secular societies.

As for religions teaching hate, the abrahamic ones certainly do.  I'm not that familiar with the quran, but the old testament absolutely and unambiguously advocates for the death of apostates and blasphemeers.  

But didn't you know that you have to be religious in order to be evil since religion is the route of all evil? /s

As for the abrahamic religions teaching hate (I pretty much agree), that's only shedding light on part of the structure. Take Leviticus (Third Book) for example which talks about laws and morals separate from beliefs to convey the notion that God may walk among the Israelites so long as they avoid sin and impurity. Every book has good and bad parts, whether it be an awful book like Deuteronomy or Leviticus, but it is up to the individual to interpret and incorporate that into their daily lives. Having said that, I agree with you that the Old Testament is a harsh book, it's worse than the Quran (slightly), and that there are too many things that people could take into heavy action which would lead to breaking the law. But again, that is up to the individual.