Is it true that all wars were started by religion? What about the American Civil War, what about other civil wars?
Plus, if the majority of the world is of some religion or another, wouldn't it stand to reason that fights and wars might happen?
As well just because someone claims to be fighting in the name of God (or whomever) does that mean God (or whomever) sanctions it?
Don't people fight for other reasons and sometimes use "religion" as a cover?
Aren't there wars that were fought really more because of POWER then religion?
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04-07-2009, 01:02 AM #1
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So many say that every war was started by religion..Is that true? and...?
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04-07-2009, 01:04 AM #2
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No it's not true.
Many wars have been fought with religion as a stated cause, but many others have been fought for other reasons.
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04-07-2009, 01:04 AM #3Caboose
GuestNot all of them. Hell, one was set off by a soccer game.
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04-07-2009, 01:05 AM #4
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World War 1 and World War 2 were started by Calvary Chapel.
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04-07-2009, 01:05 AM #5
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Religion had nothing to do with the vast majority of wars, e.g. the Hutu-Tutsi war in Rwanda, the Falklands War, the Vietnam and Korean Wars, WW2, WW1, the Gran Chaco War in South America, the Russo-Japanese War, the Spanish-American War, the Prussian-French War, the Crimean War, the US Civil War, the Napoleonic wars, the Wars of the Roses, the Mongol wars, the Gallic War, the Punic wars, the Assyrian wars … etc
The number of deaths in the 20th century alone due to evolution-based philosophies such as Nazism and Communism far outweigh those caused by ‘religion’ in all centuries combined.
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04-07-2009, 01:06 AM #6St. John Bosco
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No.
WWI started with the assassination of the Archduke.
The American Revolutionary War had to do with the idea of "Virtual Representation" by the British.
The War of 1812 is also known as the "Second American Revolution."
Those are three on top of my head at the moment.
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04-07-2009, 01:07 AM #7
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I've never heard anyone say that.
There are a lot of wars and violence caused by religion though.
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04-07-2009, 01:11 AM #8Al K
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Hitler fought his war because he was a racist.
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04-07-2009, 01:13 AM #9patriot
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Atheists claim 100 percent of all wars are started by religion. lol This is obviously false.
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04-07-2009, 01:17 AM #10J-dog
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To I Blame Jane!:
Hitler was a christian
And communism wasnt caused by Atheism,
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