if religion has gotten so many people killed in history, why is it still so acceptable?

From the Bible-

James 4:1-3

"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures"

Religion isn't a "thing"- like a park bench or a cherry pie- it is a belief system. The person behind the religion is the responsible one, for he/she is responsible for what they choose to believe... and then what they do "in the name" of it. Religion wasn't holding the gun, knife, or bomb- a human hand was.

The logical answer to your question, based on your conclusion, would be to "outcast" the people responsible...but that doesn't seem very practical. We probably all would be "outcasted" at some point.

For what is war but an escalated fight. How many of us are guilty of fighting at some point, on some level in our life. How many have we "killed"-- maybe not physically but perhaps emotionally or spiritually?

Think of how many people fight with those they "love".

Religion is not the guilty party.

If war has killed so many people in history and present times, why is it acceptable? The Crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East. In 1076, the Muslims had captured Jerusalem - the most holy of holy places for Christians. Jesus had been born in nearby Bethlehem and Jesus had spent most of his life in Jerusalem. He was crucified on Calvary Hill, also in Jerusalem. There was no more important place on Earth than Jerusalem for a true Christian which is why Christians called Jerusalem the "City of God".

However, Jerusalem was also extremely important for the Muslims as Muhammad, the founder of the Muslim faith, had been there and there was great joy in the Muslim world when Jerusalem was captured. A beautiful dome - called the Dome of the Rock - was built on the rock where Muhammad was said to have sat and prayed and it was so holy that no Muslim was allowed to tread on the rock or touch it when visiting the Dome.

Therefore the Christian fought to get Jerusalem back while the Muslims fought to keep Jerusalem. These wars were to last nearly 200 years. Now, the Jews and Muslims are fighting over the same land! The Christians are supporting the Jews.

There will always be religion and war! It is unfortunate that people who claim to be loving and peaceful are still fighting isn't it! I do not know what the answer it. I do know that there will be no peace until the anti-christ takes the throne as the master deceiver, and then their will only be peace for a time. Then war will resume again!

Religion is a concept, a thought, an ideology. It has no form that is tangible, organic or inanimate.

Every Religion has and always will be the main cause/motive/refuge for some psycopathic fundamentalist.

But there have been many prominent Atheist mass murderers too.

They all used politics and government in the exact same way that others used Religion.

Most religious people in the modern day world are not that way inclined & pretty harmless.

A Fundamentalist Mind is the real threat to humanity & it can be applied to ALL walks of life.

in most of the wars, religion is the basic cause of conflict...with ww1 and ww2 are few exceptions.

But remember the Religion is very important in life and plays a vital role to enhance the morality of the society. Do you think we can attain that morality without religions.