So many say that every war was started by religion..Is that true? and...?

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Beverly B

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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Atheists claim 100 percent of all wars are started by religion. lol This is obviously false.
 
True, not all wars were caused by religion. And crazy extremists who fought in the name of god were doing it for the power of religion, but that still ties back to religion.
The past is the past, now is now. So some wars were started by religion. Doesn't really matter now that we have better laws and freedoms.
 
"Atheists DO NOT claim 100 percent of all wars are started by religion. lol This is obviously true."

fix'd for you
 
No ,Of course not. All wars were not started for religious reasons. Greed plays a big part in many.
 
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