It's not just their 'crappy book'. Put simply, it's the same tactics used by almost every religion, ever. Individual desires money and power. Individual creates offshoot of certain religion bent into a shape that enables him to control, gather the masses, propagate fear, indoctrinate and brainwash and of course make money to fund the whole endeavour. Individual grows tired of localised power and attempts to start an empire.

See ISIS. See the Crusades. To a lesser extent, see any version of Christianity. Especially Catholicism. I'd be amazed if more than 5% of people actually knew the origins of it, who created it, and why. Do what you like, because all you need to do is repent at the end and your conscience will be clear. Genius.

The people at the top of these organisations I would propose, care little about the religion itself. They do care about power, money and control. Their greatest trick was to be able to convince others to live their lives by it to generate them said money, power and by extension manipulate some of them to do their bidding (wars, suicide bombings etc.). Again, it's genius.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

"Serial" when pronounced sounds like surreal- which you are. I never said anything of what your claiming.
I can only summarize, that the recreational or prescription substances you might be using, would be something I would be willing to do.

Provocation, let's see the world conflicts of today.

Muslims v Western ideology/society even though that society is doing its darndest to help and support them.
Muslims v Hindus
Muslims v Jews
Muslims v Christians
Muslims v Bhudists
Muslims v Muslims

I don't know, I can't see a pattern there at all. why don't you tell me whose fault it is.

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No it is ludicrous and provably so and you just accepted it.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Says the man who hasn't read the bible or Quran thoroughly.

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"Evangelicalism (/ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəlɪzəm, ˌɛvæn-, -ən/), evangelical Christianity, or evangelical Protestantism,[a] is a worldwide, transdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains the belief that... the authority of the Bible as God's revelation to humanity"

I admit an error which is I got my facts mixed on percentages. It was a survey which showed that 40% of Americans thought Jesus would return before 2050.

I also should've put in a note to say that I don't say this to condemn their beliefs. I've met many lovely evangelicals, as I have met many wonderful practicing Muslims, and I myself have come to see most religious people as accepting a compromise between what is said in their holy book and what practice they should undertake. Our belief systems are often hypocritical and we cherry pick freely.

In my opinion, many people who look from the outside and take literally something in a culture different to their own fundamentally misunderstand that culture. Granted, Islamic or Christian doctrine may profess something, but that's because it's written by popes or ayatollahs or brahmins who dedicate their lives to it. Most laypeople you meet just ignore the nuts stuff, try not to get caught when, for instance, masturbating or smoking during ramadan or putting some ham in a sandwich for flavour.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

You missed out China vs America, mac vs pc, palace vs brighton and prince phillip vs death but ok.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4