The origins of the Great War of 2007

[Big Papa Goat]

Seriously, what could be making suicide bombers intent on suicidal violence if it's not the religious ideas? What's the ulterior motive that makes them so intent on using religion for violence? Saying that anyone can interpret any religion to justify violence so no particular religion can be judged for the violence done its name seems to be a pretty unsatisfactory explanation.

And I don't really see why we can't judge the values of another culture. I mean, I don't think stoning women for showing their ankles is an affront to my Canadian beliefs, I'd call it an affront to the dignity of human life. When people talk about the inability to judge such heinous practices of other cultures because of some kind of fundamental and irreconcilble differences in values it kind of makes me wonder how such people consider other cultures to be composed of beings sufficiently similar to be worthy of moral consideration at all. If our values are based on our own cultures only, then is there any reason for people of different cultures to have any moral consideration whatsoever for one another? What I mean is if all our values are based on our cultures, rather then our humanity, then what makes people human?
But then, I didn't really read the whole thread that carefully, maybe I misunderstand your point, but thats actually kind of a serious question, not just a rhetorical one.