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Originally Posted by Hom3r
There are 2 reasons for war.
1) Land
2) Religion
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The first of those can probably be changed to 'Resources'. The second is usually an excuse to behave like genocidal asshats more than a reason in and of itself.
That said I suspect people would respect life far more, their own and those of others, if they didn't believe there was some paradise waiting for them at the end of it. Take away the idea of paradise in return for jihad and the suicide bomber count would swiftly drop to near-zero I imagine.
Most things sadly have upsides and downsides. Some draw great comfort and strength from faith, others use it to justify being inhuman.