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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (79778)12/28/2003 5:16:40 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I think it depends on your definition of attribution.

By your use of the term, for example, the Crusades are not attributable to Christianity. In fact, no bad acts of any kind can be attributable to Christianity in and of itself, since all Christianity really is is a belief that a given historic individual taught the way to enter Heaven.

In fact, it's hard for me to come up with a single human belief that "in and of itself, cause and effect," caused any action. They may be factors, but not absolute causes.

If that is the approach you choose to take to the concept of causality, you're right.

It's not the approach, though, that I think most people would take.
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