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Old 09-04-2009, 13:01   #858
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Re: The existence of God

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Originally Posted by foreverwar View Post
As has been stated many, many times in the thread before, were they religious wars, or were they territorial/economic wars dressed up with religion as the driver?...
The latter I expect - but can you quote an example where "atheism" was the driver?

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...btw, WW1 16 million dead; WW2 60 million dead, Vietnam War 6 million, - don't remember religion having much to do with those?
I don't remember two of those at all.

However. I do recall reading about the padres "blessing" the troops before they went out to kill the enemy. Hardly a "live and let live" attitude, is it?
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