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Religion, Practice and Science of Non-Violence
The Jaina religion propagates non-violence among all living beings; in actual practice the rituals that have crept in it have directed this principle at lower forms of life at the neglect of fellow beings.
In the name of their respective religions, the Moslems and the Christians have shed blood, and called those wars 'holy.'
It must be admitted that propagation of non-violence through religion has not been very effective so far as larger groups of people are concerned; in fact, many a time religion per se has been the cause of much violence and warfare. In individual cases, however, the religious precepts of non-violence have succeeded in converting many a heart.
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