Re: inquiry

> I'm not familiar enough with scripture to give percentage figures, but
> singling out any religion in particular as the repository of militant
> values is somewhat problematic.  Let's not forget the deuteronomic history
> of the conquest of the Holy Land (a chronicle whose strict historical
> value is highly suspect), which has been used as the basis of the entire
> Zionist project as well as fodder for various types of militant
> Protestantisms, etc.

In this connection, I recommend Nancy Schwartz's book, `The Curse of Cain,'
but hasten to add that the tendency to social violence transcends
monotheism.

JO