I don't create a reality in which terror happens. When I realized that I didn't like the reality that I was creating, I changed it. I am still learning how to create the reality that I do want. Two Hands Touching is helping more than any other technique or tool.

Look for what you want.

Since we each create our own reality, then if you are living in terror, you must look inside and change your beliefs so that you can change your reality.

@Fairy Princess - Right on!

Why have religous people have to be the ones to do something good. Why can't they just do it themselves and be proud of what they do in their own name.

@Wazza there is light in a person of light and it shines on the whole world if not it is dark. and i am not talking about the hypocrites,who wash only the outside of the cup. those hypocrites have darkness in them self and are trying to foul the people that are blind and see only the outside of the cup. those hypocrites all want to be first out of self-rightenous and they will be last.

@Wazza - I'm not 100% clear about your question, but it's difficult to talk about the motives of "religious people" as a whole, given their vastness and diversity. Motives for adopting/sticking with a religion can range from the noble and spiritual, to the greedy and self-righteous. Both Tomas de Torquemada and Brother Lawrence can be considered "Religious" Catholics...and how different they were!

@Catherine - Thanks! And @LapisLazuli - agreed!

dollar bill, we are each in this world as a guest with, as yet, untapped power, but play paper, rock and scissors instead of consciousness awareness

To be free is to have no belief structures at all. We are programmed from before birth and after birth by parents etc which unconsciously lead our path. If we can understand that, we can remove the belief structures controlling us and be free of religous beliefs or any other belief controlling us and the world energies are freed of wars, terrorism and controlled hate.

@Dollar Bill -- lol! interesting is a very 'interesting' word!

I hope @Wazza posts an answer to his own question. I wonder Wazza, have your views changed any after reading all these very inspired answers?

I suggest before answering a question you read it. Its a good idea to get the correct figures for the question.

Read the question, there is nothing in it about religious wars.

"L" @ele - missed you. Glad to see you are back!

@ele ! Welcome back!!:)

If 93.5 percent of the population are religous then 93 percent of the worlds problems are caused by religous people, your figures, not mine.

If it is as you have said, 93 percent of people are religious, your figures, then religous people are the cause of over 90 percent of the worlds problems.

@Wazza IQ does not send notification of edits to your email. I edited my answer to answer your question.

@LapisLazuli Thanks for the cheery welcome! You made me laugh. Love it! I was never really gone. I've been here the entire time; just being quiet and listening. Sometimes one has to be still to really hear. IQ is the most awesome reality program ever created & it's on 24/7! I love my view from the observation deck and I learned a lot in my role as 'observer'; but I also missed commenting on so many of your amazing Q & A as well as other awesome Q & A. Feels good to speak again. Thank you!

@Dollar Bill Thank you so much for the warm welcome - very much appreciated. I have to admit I had to muster the utmost amount of restraint not to comment on your Q & A. Numerous times I felt like you were speaking directly to me. It was eerie how many times you said exactly what I had been thinking only a few hours earlier.

@Dollar Bill Speaking strictly from an observer's POV, I saw your not so kind interactions with another user & before my eyes you turned into a pompous a$$. (No disrespect intended) I nearly came back to tell you what it looks like from the outside; but you chose to see this person in a different light. I cheered you on & I applaud you for doing so & continuing to do so. Brilliant strategy on your part. Do you play chess? lol

@ele - we all have our differnt POVs. It is through our realtionships with others that we define ourselves.

@Dollar Bill I meant NO offense. You showed great strength of character and much fortitude & still do. I can delete my comment.

@ele - I did not take your comment as offensive.

What did you learn by observing without interracting?

@Dollar Bill - - Good! I didn't really think so; but I wanted to make sure. I think I absorbed too much negative energy by trying to connect with this user & by giving way too much thought to his heartless question. It affected my mood & lowered my vibrations. Excellent reminder not to give your attention to anything you do not desire - - LOA

I'll get back to you @Fairy Princess..

@ele, re-reading your answer made me reflect a bit on the history of war in my own country (USA), and realized that all of our deadliest wars (Civil War, World War I, World War II) had nothing to do with religion. American Civil War: 625,000 killed. WWI: 204,002 killed. WWII: 670,846 killed. Pretty much destroys any notion that (at least in my reality) eliminating religion would even put a dent in war, or world violence.

@lozenge123 Not only is your conclusion FACT, the US has NEVER been in any war where religion was the cause neither here nor abroad. As for WWII, over 60 million lives were lost worldwide & some estimates are closer to 80 million when you factor in the number of people who died due to war-related disease & famine. The US remained neutral till Dec 7, 1941 when FDR was left with no other choice.

@lozenge123 If someone as intelligent as you wasn't sure, imagine how many people in the US as well as around the world also do not know for sure - or worse - actually have this false belief. I should have stuck with the facts & continued along those lines instead of trying to put a spiritual or LOA spin to it when I added to my answer. It was an opportunity to inform & educate. My PVP helps no one. Education is the first step in stopping war.

@clearheart you said:Arguing about belief's is not fascinating to me. and i agree with you about belief. because what you believe and what is true are not always the same thing. with understanding and truth you will progress in a positive way. sometime people argue and judge because of belief or lack of understanding and truth. could it be that they missed something? or that they have stopped learning out of ego? example they might say to you: i am older then you,you cannot show me annything.-

or they will say you do not do that work so you cannot show me. yet they do the same,and speak about what they know and testify to what they have seen. so when they do that they do not respect them self and other.and have stopped and put a limit on their understanding and truth.

@wazza no the religion as not created darkness. many in religion try to fight darkness according to their understanding. but they have to understand this: the light came in to the world but the darkness as not understand it. and do not be surprise at my saying some will be first and will be last and some will be last and will be first.

@Dollar Bill "Often you have desired to hear these sayings that I am speaking to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. There will be days when you will seek me and you will not find me."

@Dollar Bill when these days comes use the door and the key that i have shown you. lift that rock and properly split that piece of wood and you will find me there.

@white tiger - in the wind, you can't see it, just effects of it moving.

@Dollar Bill yes but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. it is like this for every one born of water and spirit.

You know Psychologically speaking, people like you? who think they always have the answer and think they are better and nobler than others is the reason why this world in this condition. One group thinks they are better than the other. Each starts annihilating each other to prove their point. There is no much difference between a spiritual snob like you and a religious snobs like them. NO OFFENSE.

When we see people who want to change the world, or who brings out theories to "fix" the world, normally it says a lot about their personality than the problem they are trying to solve.

@mastermind - You believe the person who asked this question is spiritual?

Aren't religious people spiritual also?

"30,0000 wars in 3000 years" --- link, please.

"30,0000 wars in 3000 years"link, please. < Start counting from the Trojan War! I did! No links, sorry. I have also posted an answer below. Thank you :)

religous people are controlled and giving their power away to an unknown quantity. Spiritual people are keeping their own power and producing a true energy into the universe.

@Wazza, "strong do eat, weak are meat"... and this paradigm is to be found in everything and on every plane. Going to church for example, those who go to church in search of answers are weak, those who give them the answers are strong and in control. Contradictory to teaching a man to fish, church will only give you the fish, so you come back for more. Business is the same, employer won't teach you to do business, but will give you work only. They control others because they fear.

It's the fear that causes all troubles. And fear is to be found in almost everyone. But we don't strive to get rid of it, instead we give into illusions we have created to keep us occupied so we don't have to face ourselves.

Sarcastically speaking, light bulb was created only so that men don't have to stare into abyss of darkness and see the monsters they so much fear.

@mastermind2

you said - "Start counting from the Trojan War! I did! No links, sorry"

Trojan Wars - lol! Love it! Thanks for the laugh & welcome to IQ. Your new persona is certainly more charming than your prior alter-ego.

Since you have already counted the number of wars in the last 3,000 years & have a tally, feel free to post your list anytime. I'm sure it will prove to be a fascinating read.

Thanks for taking the time to respond & sharing your thoughts with me.

There is millions of wars going on everyday. And no, they're not always on physical plane, and not always they end in bloodshed of real blood. But in the very nature they are wars. They are acts of destruction.

But people don't count them, because they put a price tag only on physical body. But what is a body to someone with wiped out mental world, or spiritual, or intellectual.

There are many more ways to kill a person without putting a bullet through his head. Words, ideas, beliefs kill 2.

If mastermind say 30k wars in 3k years. I'd say at least 30 billion wars in 3k years.