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Over the centuries man have been made to fight for believe ( religion or country) as the ultimate bound.

From Religion: roman catholic war of conversion, Muhammad islam war of conversion and the extinction of people with contrary view like Science(Galiloe).


To Country: United States of America invasion of Iraq, overthrow of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi. USA,Russia and Turkey interference in Syria.
Charles Taylor interference in Sierra Leone, Nigeria invasion of Liberia and Ivory Coast.

All in they name of loyality and believe, between religion and country which one is right or supreme?

Country for sure. It is the most grounded and realistic of the two, that if done right provides actual sustenance and abundance (through hard work of course) for it's people. The other is a fairy tale infused imperialist/political tool for dominance and assertion over people. I don't support the wars though.

The Book that says "The Lord is The Land and its Fullness", is The Truth, The Way and The Life.

Country cos it ideals can be more substantiated

sauerr:
Religious belief has little substance. It's based on unsupportable details expressed in books written several centuries ago. Many of those details have no place in the modern world. To then fight for them? Parochial, to say the least. Sadly, the greatest world power, the United States, has executed some concerning wars on the basis of these ideas. In fact, they have a whole party built expressly on the foundation of these details. This is disconcerting.

At the risk of promoting nationalism, I'd say fighting for country is more representative of what loyalty should be. Naturally, every citizen swears allegiance to his/her country, even if non-verbally. Not betraying such allegiance is what sets a country on the path of greatness.

It must be said, however, that it is easy to conflate national duty with religion or at least to get so nationalistic it becomes an ideology. Ideologies generally led down dogmatic paths, which, in the end, aren't so far from religious endpoints. The United States' adventures into the Middle East are an example of the former and the crystallization of communism into national ethos in modern China clearly demonstrate the latter. Whatever the case, tempering any ideology with common sense is what we should have. But research and polls have shown that common sense isn't enough to provide guarantees for wars engendered by religion.

You too sabi 10000Likes

I think we own it to our conscience the moral sence of right and wrong.