What motivates terrorists really? Is it actually religion, is it politics or is it in fact a mixture of both?

It's like within Christianity after you die you go to a better place; Heaven. But the thing is God doesn't teach you to kill or to kill yourself for that matter so you end up in heaven quicker. If He wanted you to go straight to heaven, He wouldn't have created this world. But He created this world so we could live and tell people about God and how amazing He is. Because I know that terrorists kill because they believe that what they are doing is right. But who teaches that to them? If it's some other superior terrorist then fine, but who teaches him? Surely no religion teaches that killing is right. Does it?

What do you think?

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The worst crime is faking it
-Kurt Cobain.

People twist religion and interpret different ways.
Some followers of Islam feel that the violent punishments inflicted by Allah on the non-believers can be carried out vicariously, through them.

Some think it is their responsibility to get every other soul to believe their views, and consider violence a usable method in attaining those ends.

But 'some', in no way means 'all', and you shouldn't judge a religion based on the actions of its followers.

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Also, terrorism doesn't have to involve killing, or death.  That is just a byproduct of the true intent, which is usually to cause a lot of damage.  
As a child, I was taught that terrorism ALWAYS had a political motive.
It was George Bush who changed that definition in my eyes.

O, if you haven't read The Unabomber's Manifesto, I suggest you do.  It's very good, and not at all like you would expect from someone called a 'terrorist,' most likely.

Post edited at 6:19 pm on Mar. 27, 2008 by merlinman2005

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I think terrorism is usually not religiously motivated. Almost never, actually.

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And terrorists since the dawn of time have used it for all kinds of reasons for all kinds of motivations.

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Post edited at 11:02 am on Mar. 28, 2008 by TooImaginativeTeen