So why is it important to talk to people that believe something different than you?
... a list of wars resulting from an inability to understand/respect another's religious views...
-The "Thirty Year's War"(1618-1648): Between the Protestants and Catholics... as many as 11,500,000 people killed.
-The "French War of Religion"(1562-1598): Protestants vs. Catholics again... as many as 4 million killed.
-The "Second Sudanese War"(1983-2005): Islam vs. Christian... as many as 2 million killed.
-The "Crusades"(1095-1291): Islam vs. Christian... as many as 3 million killed.
-The "American War on Terror"(early 21st century): once again... has pitted Islam against Christianity... death toll? still counting...
... and this is just the tip of the iceberg...
A brief note on human Sociology(the scientific study of how societies work/interact)... I present to you a concept of "us" verses "them". It is a fact that when people communicate, personally interact with each other, that some sense of "us" develops... by simply meeting/shaking hands with a person an individual can thereby associate with that person and this begets empathy... a VERY good quality in humans...
... WITHOUT associative empathy, humans tend to classify unknown people as "them".... "them" is a very dangerous people to be.... "them" does not have a face.... "they" are not missed when they are gone... "they" can be killed without emotion, because they are not one of "us"....
... when a people can push a button and send a missle across an ocean to obliterate a whole city... without ever having to see the faces of the families as they suffered and died... this is an example of "us vs. them"... an emotional disconnect because of lack of socialization...
I am not finished, but I must take a break
excellent post my friend...
