Originally Posted by joshgirls

One unmentioned player in the Israel discussion is the role of religious extremism.

Religion became powerful as a force because it helped humans cope with inexplicable phenomena in the natural world. Science has answered the vast majority of these questions, rendering religion a relic of a less evolved people.

& thats what you see in the far east today. Cultures dominated by religious fundamentalism are stuck in social norms of centuries past. Muslims feel the need to cover up women, & stone them in the name of "honor." Jews covered in black feel the need to drive palestinians into the jordan river, because somehow the bible says its jewish land. & 911 happened because a wealthy wahhabi took offense to US boots on sacred saudi land during the 1990 gulf war.

Until world leaders understand the true enemy of humankind is religious fundamentalism, we will always be fighting straw men.