Parental Influence

 

I was raised with my parents teaching me the understanding that discussions in the form of debating and/or arguing were an appropriate to learn...  and, if the other person did not agree with you that was perfectly fine and acceptable in such a way that you and your opponent could be the best of friends when not engaged in one of these discussions.

It would be hard for me to believe that any parent would teach their children that if someone disagrees with your points of views that you should KILL THEM.

I am reminded of a phrase I heard a while back...  MAN IS BUT HALF A GOD, HE CAN TAKE A LIFE BUT HE CANNOT CREATE A LIFE...

What interests me here is the idea of what causes a person to kill another person because you disagree with their beliefs???

With this said, the Crusades was predicated upon the fact that Muslims did not believe what the Christians believed and yet, they believed in the same God and Jesus was a prophet in the Islamic faith.  Still, Christians believed they needed to kill the nonbelievers.

And, what's worse is that God did not stop them...  while in the Bible God did intervene.

We have a new mentality/mindset growing in the USA which revolves around killing people or destroying people who otherwise do not share your beliefs or your lifestyle.

If this continues, we will have an epidemic on our hands that we undermine our growth and prevent many citizens from pursuing their right to achieve happiness.