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Originally posted by Azred:
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Originally posted by AzureWolf:
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Originally posted by Azred:
Unfortunately, no war is history has begun simply because of the existence of a church. Persecution, yes, but not a war.
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You mean the crusades were just a figment of my imagination? [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]No, but they were not carried out for primarily religious reasons. "Freeing the Holy Land from the Muslim" was just the front used for wars of expansion and profit--control of the Holy Land meant control of trade routes to the Near and Far East.[/QUOTE]Good on you Azred. Well said. Peoples religious beliefs were abused by those in power to achieve political ends.
And people blame religion. Religions which if were practiced properly by the world would result in world peace.
I wonder how many of these same people will claim that "guns don't kill people, people kill people"?