Just today I reflected on an interesting contradiction. Every war humans have ever fought has been motivated either by religion or by politics. In most cases both politics and religion are involved. This is not to suggest that something is wrong with either politics or religion. The evidence is overwhelming that both politics and religion have made positive contributions to human development over the years.
The contradiction lies in the fact that humans rely exclusively on religion and politics to help them find the path back to a world where war and violence are no longer a threat. There is no other way to describe this than that we are using the fox to guard the hen house.
Does anyone have an answer to this obvious contradiction? What does it say about how we feel about our chances of achieving world peace?
Over the next few weeks I hope to write a bit more on this subject. I would welcome contributions from any of my readers.
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