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Originally posted by Dagorion:
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LOL, yes I suppose you’re right Johnny.
I'm saddened at the fact that, statistically, Christianity has cause more wars than anything else in the world (besides freedom of course but that doesn’t count [img]tongue.gif[/img] )
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Money (gold, silver oil, trade routes etc), food, and lebenstraum are the main causes in my book.[/QUOTE]Ok, lets just narrow it down to the last 2000 years, and make it major wars. I'm not saying Christianity is bad or is wrong, I’m just saying that the people in control of it have used it for their own gains or have been too "righteous" for their own - and Christianity's - good. Maybe we could just say *all* religions have cause more wars then anything else.[/QUOTE]I still disagree. Greed. Love of money. These things cause war and contention. Religions only ever seek to curb these things. People can use religion to motivate others, but what drives the motivator? Money.
If Bush mentions God in a speech do we presume he is going to war with Iraq because of religion? OIL! OIL PIPELINES! Is the detractors cry. SECURITY! is the supporters cry.
How ill history view it? How is it different from a crusade?
TRADE ROUTES a detractor of the time could cry denouncing the crusade. SECURITY! A supporter, fearful of the next Arabic/Turkish/Moorish invasion could cry.
Money.