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Religious Extremism

Published on Nov 30, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GRADE 11: WORLD RELIGIONS

ISU: RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
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RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

THROUGH HISTORY, PEOPLE HAVE PERPETRATED EXTREME VIOLENT ACTS

IN THE NAME OF RELIGION...

JUDAISM

WHETHER IT BE:
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ISLAM

HINDUISM

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BUDDHISM

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CHRISTIANITY

OR
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IN THE SERVICE OF GOD

RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS EMBRACE THEOLOGIES THAT SANCTION VIOLENCE
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BUT

THAT IS NOT THE ALL COMPASSIONATE GOD THAT WE KNOW.

COULD A GOD OF MERCY, OF LOVE AND OF UNDERSTANDING

BE THE MOTIVE FOR SUCH EVIL CRIMES OF HATE AND DEVESTATION?
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IMPOSSIBLE.

CRUSADES OF 1905

ACTS OF HATE AND EVIL:
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WWII: HOLOCAUST

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2001: 9/11 BOMBINGS

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BOSOTN MARATHON BOMBINGS

OR THE RECENT
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EXTREMIST ACTS LIKE THESE

SCAR OUR REALITIES AND DEVASTATE OUR WORLD

BUT THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS:

NOR GENDER

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NOR AGE

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RELIGION

NOT EVEN
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THE AMOUNT OF EVIL THAT IT TOOK TO COMMIT THEM.

BUT
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HATE CRIMES AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE...

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DIFFERENT

A LITTLE
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LOVE EACH OTHER

IS NOT THE WAY THAT GOD WANTS US TO

DISASSOCIATE HATE

THEREFORE,
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WITH GOD AND RELIGION

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NOT YOU, NOT ME, NOT MR. CYGAN...

THIS IS A SPECIAL KIND OF EVIL THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN ANYONE

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

AS JESUS CHRIST LOVED AND SAVED EACH ONE OF US.
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