When Bishop Alexander and Arius the priest began first to dispute in what manner the Logos proceeded from the Father, the Emperor Constantine wrote to them in the following words…: "You are great fools to dispute about things you can not understand."

If the two contending parties had been wise enough to agree that the emperor was right, Christendom would not have been drenched in blood for three hundred years.
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What view of religion does Voltaire express in this passage?

People need to accept and tolerate the beliefs of other faiths.

Religion is the cause of much wa

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When Bishop Alexander and Arius the priest began first to dispute in what manner the Logos proceeded from the Father, the Emperor Constantine wrote to them in the following words…: "You are great fools to dispute about things you can not understand."

If the two contending parties had been wise enough to agree that the emperor was right, Christendom would not have been drenched in blood for three hundred years.
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What view of religion does Voltaire express in this passage?

 People need to accept and tolerate the beliefs of other faiths.

 Religion is the cause of much wa

anonymous · Answer

Religion is the cause of much war and bloodshed.

 It is a mistake to hold one religious belief rather than another.

 All faiths should unite in the beliefs that they all share.

kenljw · Answer

I'm not sure Religion is the cause of war, there was war prior to Judaism between ancient Egyptians and Sumerian, which both had religion but the war's were for territory and wealth.  Before that the city-states of the Tigris Euphrates fought each other for same reason.  Frankly war has always been one culture trying to control another for resources regardless of religion, in fact it's the perversion of religion that actually allowed this not the religion.