Has Religion been responsible for the violence in the World?

Question

What about these?

Ancient World Empires

Which of these world empires ever fought against, or conquered another nation, due to religious beliefs?

Egypt - not over religion
Assyria - not over religion
Babylon - not over religion
Persia - not over religion
Greece - not over religion
Rome - not over religion

Hmmm . . . none!

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Nebuchadnezzar - did not fight over religion
Egyptian Pharoahs - did not fight over religion
Alexander the Great - did not fight over religion
Roman Caesars - did not fight over religion
Attila the Hun - did not fight over religion
Genghis Khan - did not fight over religion
Napoleon - did not fight over religion
Hitler - did not fight over religion
Mao - did not fight over religion
Stalin - did not fight over religion (in fact, he fought for non-religion!)
Saddam Hussein - did not fight over religion (in fact he killed others of his own religion!)

World War I - not over religion
World War II- not over religion
The Cold War - not over religion
The Korean War - not over religion
The Vietnam War - not over religion
The Gulf War - not over religion

So how can religion blamed?

Please try and be nice.. :)

With Love..In Christ..

It should have said:

Has Religion been responsible for the Most violence in the World?

Answer 1

In the name of some religions other people get stoned for adultery or homosexuality.

In the name of Jesus they stop this practice.

Answer 2

All of the fights you mentioned were fought over cultural differences. Cultural differences stem mostly from religion. Religion teaches that you and your people are chosen and others are less than you, or just wrong, making them inferior and worth killing. If people believed in logic there would be little difference between them. Dogma allows for great differences with no reason.

Answer 3

Religion is blamed for a lot of things because certain people may be of a certain religion when they choose to do bad things. Unfortunetly today people DO base their judgements about religion and culture on the bad things that "seem" to come from the religions. Just like you turn on the news and always see the bad news.

Answer 4

Didn't you just answer your own question? No, religion doesn't cause violence. Those without religion or worshipping the wrong god are the ones who commit violence. Have you ever heard of a TRUE Christian killing someone because they don't believe? No. You always hear of people killing other people BECAUSE they believe in the ONE AND ONLY GOD. What they don't realize is they're doing these people a favor. They're sending them on to Heaven, their wonderful eternal home. And in the end, they are the ones who are going to pay for it.

Answer 5

They fought for pure domination and power,
The belief in the supernatural which religion supports causes ordinary people to think they themselves are Gods. And Gods can sacrifice human lives for their subjective agendas.
Religion sets up the masses to receive such an offer.
Hitler publicly thanked religion for delivering to him a mass of people who would willingly swallow a pile of contradictions.

Answer 6

If that is your agenda to pick out the few occasions which did not involve reigion, then so be it. But, religion has been the number one killer of people in the world. That is plain, and simple...fact. By the way didn't the Romans persecute the Christians?

Answer 7

Religion is not to blame...but wars have been fought in the name of religion, i.e. people have used religion as an excuse to kill, rape and pillage. But it is the people who are wrong. They are using 'religion' because they are too cowardly to acknowledge that they are just brutal, power hungry, selfish, malicious people.

Answer 8

Forgot one-
Dark Crusades
200 years
Who Caused it: Catholic Church

That was a war the Catholic Church raged against the world.

Answer 9

religion doesnt fight wars people do-might use it as excuse-crusades best example but certainly not only-but it is the people willingness not the religion-keep the peace lots of love old hippie-

Answer 10

Are you really that stupid? The wars in the Middle East for the last 2000 years. Ireland. The Crusades. The Reformation in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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