Do you believe there is something in religious teachings, mainly referring to the Abrahamic faiths, which allows their followers to be more susceptible to being manipulated than non-believers?
I'm talking about what is written. A passage we can look at and say this teaching makes it easier for others to manipulate the followers of this religion to for example commit violent acts.
Or is it possible the culture that has developed around a particular faith makes a follower more susceptible to manipulation?
Or nothing about their belief makes them any more susceptible to manipulation than anyone else. For example, an atheist is as likely to be manipulated into committing a violent act as anyone else.
A fourth possibility is that people who commit violent acts are aberrations. People who by their nature are violent and any violence attributed to them would happen regardless of their religious belief or lack thereof?
Can religion cause people to act, violently for example, which otherwise, without their religious beliefs, they would not do so?
I'm asking why you feel that way and what evidence you have, if any, to support your feelings.
I'm talking about what is written. A passage we can look at and say this teaching makes it easier for others to manipulate the followers of this religion to for example commit violent acts.
Or is it possible the culture that has developed around a particular faith makes a follower more susceptible to manipulation?
Or nothing about their belief makes them any more susceptible to manipulation than anyone else. For example, an atheist is as likely to be manipulated into committing a violent act as anyone else.
A fourth possibility is that people who commit violent acts are aberrations. People who by their nature are violent and any violence attributed to them would happen regardless of their religious belief or lack thereof?
Can religion cause people to act, violently for example, which otherwise, without their religious beliefs, they would not do so?
I'm asking why you feel that way and what evidence you have, if any, to support your feelings.