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Originally Posted by Majorion
Yes, many or most religions can be a cause of fanaticism, but I think that the crimes of humanity here are due to people who will likely find any reason to do those crimes anyway. I think the root cause here is actually a genetic error or something in our primal nature that causes us to act this way, religion just happens to be the perfect excuse.
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It is entirely possible that there is a gene that predisposes people to religions . Some people might be affected more than others and that's why
we have two extremes of behavior that manifest itself with the religious fanatics and the opposite anti religious . The fact that certain religions " forgive " their believers when they confess the misbehavior or perform an act of charity could be one of the major causes of criminality .