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I only have a familiarity with Christianity and the "no other gods before me" thing. I am curious what other religions have to say about it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You're entirely changing the topic here. That was not what we were talking about. But I feel for the people living there. The whole situation is just bad. And it doesn't get better. You're right with the history. The USA and USSR were fighting and funded the most heinous and evil people, gave specifically them money and weapons out of their own political motivations. Oil and other interests added to it over the years. Lots of that did not have the intended consequences, they could have seen that coming and all of that brought the current situation into existence. And they added yet more bad decisions on top in recent times. It's mostly politics and not religion. However I think some of the mujahideen and isis terrorists who actually do the murdering are fueled by religion. At this point it probably doesn't matter much since all they've seen since they were 14 and started fighting is violence and death... I don't have a point to make here. It's bad. I'd change it if I could.