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Originally Posted by DRZ400
Modern wars are not the result of religion, but religion plays a major part. All you need to do is turn on the telly and see the carnage going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As for religion not starting ANY wars. What about the Crusades? They were bloody, barbaric battles in the name of Christianity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades |
Actually they started because the Seljuk Turks were expanding and threatening Byzantine Constantinople, who incidentally had been excommunicated by Rome, had it been about Religion they wouldn't have bothered helping them. Just because people happen to be of different religions it doesn't automatically follow that any wars that occur are religion based, sure the crusades went on longer and were bloodier that they should have been but as usual there cause was land and greed.
Why don't you bring up the Spanish Inquisition next?
I have just read your article and it basically says what I did, don't you bother reading the links you provide?