Spirit of Light
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It is a different in being devoted to a political issue like the terrorists are (in my understanding they only use the religion as a shield)I think you're indulging in the "No True Scotsman" fallacy. You don't think that suicide bombers are devout Muslims because they don't behave the way you think a devout Muslim ought to behave. I disagree vehemently.
I think that anyone who would consider becoming a suicide bomber is mentally ill. In a group as large as Muslims there's going to be mentally ill people who are also devout. And other devoutly religious people who will exploit the mentally ill.
Pretending that these people aren't devoutly religious is to completely misunderstand the human situation in general, and religiosity in particular.
Tom
To be a true religious person one must follow the teaching very seriously and become the teaching. meaning one must only focus on the spiritual development, and then one would not see terror as a right way to get their view out. Their view actually only mean something to them self. not to the rest of the people who do not follow their path.
Spiritual life is a life looking within our self. meaning according to the teaching "am I doing the right action, speech, and thoughts toward my self or others) so if we do not do this all the time, how can we say we follow the teaching a it was meant to be?
(I do not always live up to this, so yes i struggle from time to time my self to be a good spiritual person)