A funny thing happened on the way to the mosque

[kath3]

so why can't we or those who wish to believe, believe in one religion.
why do muslims commit murder and protest so much about a cartoon or slip of the tongue and catholics mere smile, wryly

why do some religions still have holy wars. why do some religions think their Jehovah better than someone elses Jehovah?

i ask because i see no rhyme or reason why this should be so.

I thinks it's because there are so many different interpretations. One person or group of people will read a scripture or writing from whatever book they use and understand it differently from another person or group which is probably how we've come to have so many different denominations/religions ... birds of a feather flock together. Those with the same interpretation will now go off on their own creating a new denomination. Take baptism for example, some merely sprinkle water on the head of a new believer, while other groups practice/require total submersion ... each group will pull scriptures from the bible or whatever reference to teachings they use to back up and support their reasoning and then go to battle over whose right or wrong ... silly isn't it?

According to some statistics there are approximately 800 million Muslims world wide. If this estimation is in fact correct the Muslim population could certainly do a lot of damage to people degrading their God. From what I've read the percentage of violent Muslims is small and we all know it only takes a few rotten apples to spoil the basket. The media loves to exaggerate for ratings sake. Most Muslims are law abiding citizens wanting to live peacefully.
As for Catholics or any other religion all have their shameful histories.

I too see no rhyme or reason for all the arguing and hatred. I guess we're not as civilized as we like to think we are.