Dear Anthony Baidoo, though religion achievement and satisfaction contributes significantly for peace, there are other external factors/influences which can significantly influence peace.
"The Spirit of Peace is the living presence of peace that abides in our hearts, awaiting our call to action." (http://thepeacecompany.com/store/prod_pli_FundamentalsOfPeacebuilding.php)
It has been gifted by God. You will find that all holy and pious persons saints lead peaceful life. This is learnt and practiced through religion- through God.
Satisfaction may not always give us peace. But religion as experienced by majority of us gives real peace. Good deeds, always doing good to others, leading a noble life not hurting any one simple life with no ego no show having feelings of kindness will give us Divine peace.
Peace is within the heart of every human beings for which they have to maintain & should become a pathway of their life for helping them to right course of action of their every requirement for this I have also a placement of my article under the captioned '' Religion the way of Human Being '' which I submit herewith for your kind perusal & I shall be glad if you will arrange to send me your expertise View or an opinion
Peace is not only a product of religion, but also of socialization and the establishment of norms, laws and regulations for civic and human coexistence, healthy and harmonious among the people who belong to the different groups and social institutions of peoples and nations.
Peace is not necessarily a product of religion. It is a product of actions. However, some religions support peace and provide means that allow us to achieve it. Achieving peace, on the other hand, will result in great satisfaction.
It may be simple to list the reasons for wars. Among those, politics by terror, basic resources (water, land), artificially developed resources (high tech), profit, resolution to political stale mate. The mechanisms to start the motion known historically are: ideological (religious/social philosphy) , induced provocations (assasinates , fake attacks, etc.), or pure and simple preemptive. One may ad to the list. More often than not, peace is just the redemption following destruction.
Poverty and fear are the two elements which Islam sees as the motivations of conflict and wars. See verse 106 of the Qur'an. Wherever, these two elements are matigated, option of peace increases. Poverty is linked with underdevelopment and fear with governance system.
Dear Abdurahman, on one hand fear is the primary driver for preemtive strikes on the other hand can be the factor of balance if the parts in the deal show a degree of predicatbility, "honor", "reasoning", "political debate", etc. The mechanism is simple, if I do you wrong and you don't forgive me I rather bring you down than live with the constant threat of retribution, right ? That's the main mechanism that self-perpetuate wars. Redemption is the reset of the deadly feedback. About poverty, I don't think is a direct cause. But humiliation is ! And humiliation is the direct consequence of perceived unfairness. I say "perceived" to highlight the difference between the randomness of life and the deliberate actions of humans. Poverty just brings the humans closer to the behavioral bifurcation [nothing to loose].
Dear Daniel, as you know, recent wars in the world occurs in the countries under authoriteriam regimes. This is the result of continous oppresion. It is a fear factor from both the regimes and masses. With respect to poverty, rich people value lives and they have something to lose. What about poor people? They nothing to and see conflicts opportunities.
I believe it can be either one. Religion can definitely produce peace, as can a great achievement that brings stability to one's life.
However, if one is asking where the source of ultimate peace comes from, then I think that can only be found through communion with God, or the necessary being who is the ground of our contingent being. Relationship with God enables us to overcome our anxiety concerning death.
Peace is an ideal, for many, but not all. What do you mean by peace? As for religion, there are warrior ones and pacific ones. Depends what you mean by religion and whose. Also the ability to understand all the things that are assumed in religion. Violence, i.e. sacrifice is at the heart of most religions, yet all claim to be about peace. True believers will always insist their religion is about peace, as long as you submit to it and it alone. Other religions are therefore false and need to be resisted and the blood of martyrs makes the struggle holy and helps to bring peace. I would suggest some reading of the basic anthropology and history of religion would be in order.
What peace? That we should ascertain first. In any case the common or should I say the most understanding of peace(no wars, no quarrelling, no fighting, and everything else assumed to be attributed to peace) is not a religious product. If it were, with all the religions in the world the world would be the most peaceful place. The road to achieving peace in many situations is tedious. So producing peace as a product must be a great achievement.
I believe in and know that the peace of God which is longstanding.
The peace when you have achieved something and gained satisfaction is not so; I think it lasts for a while but diminishes when you start another project.
And world peace or at least peace between countries. This is the ultimate goal but could it ever be achieved?
World peace . . . harmony to humanity; this is what others have said about it: