measure but also be willing to use force. Thus, all of the major world religions tend toward this mean. This is not to say that some religions are not more encouraging of violence or peace than others. In this regard, Islam has the greatest violence potential of the three major Western religions. This may be seen by considering the natures and the founders of the three religions. Though belief in the true God goes back to the dawn of mankind, Judaism in its traditional form was founded by Moses,