"What worries me is when people use God as a justification for their violence. There are scriptures that say you should not take God's name in vain. This is the most extreme version of taking God's name in vain," he said. Yet his own research shows that whether people consider themselves believers or not, they are more likely to be aggressive, perhaps even willing to start a war, if they think God is on their side.
[Article continues at link. Would war diminish if religion diminished? I'd like to find out. Instead I get George Bush on one side and Osama bin Ladin on the other.]
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