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Originally Posted by chachacha
an Irish friend of mine told me years ago that the "troubles" in Ireland have a lot more to do with wanting the British out of Ireland than religious reasons, and i imagine many religious wars have political and tribal undertones...but the point is that most religions themselves do not TEACH killing as a way to spread and evangelize...whereas killing of the infidel is intrinsic in Islam. it is more than a religion, it is an ideology.
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This is complete crap... as a 100%, second generation Irishman I am offended. To say the troubles are not religiously based. As a case in point when I was younger I wanted to wear green on St Patrick's Day so I put on the only dress that had green in it. When my father saw me he told me to turn around and change my dress. The problem was the dress was orange and green. His statement that day was "No child of mine will wear orange on St. Patrick's Day. And I didn't and still haven't for nearly 50 years. The Catholic's hate the Orangeman with good reason.