would you agree that religion is the cause of most wars ? except africa were they are in it for money !?

Answer 1

Yes, you've pretty much summed it up.
Actually, religion and/or tribal differences (pretty much basic racism) account for many of the wars and conflicts in africa too.

Nowadays though, many of the global conflicts that the western 'developed' countres are involved in are increasingly down to resources.
Just wait until the oil really starts running low -then the sh!t will really hit the fan......

Answer 2

Money is the cause of most wars actually, look at the war in Iraq, it's not about Religion (even if USA is Christian and Iraqis are Muslims), it's about oil, controlling a region before the Iranians spread their power over it. What about India and Pakistan, it's not about Religion of Hindus against Muslims, but more about national pride. Russian wars in Chechenya is certainly not a religious war, though Putin tries to guise it as one, it's about nationalism in the Russian provinces. What about the Columbian war, it's a war between drug lords and left-wing guerillas, it's about ideology and nationalism as well.

Ok, so in Africa, there is a war in Somalia, where the 'war lords' are backed by the CIA to some extent to keep the Islamic Courts movement out of power, is it a religious war, not really, it's two different factions. Hopeless, now Ethiopia wants a slice of the action, and may invade against the Islamic Courts and slice up the country.

OK, most african wars are interethnic and about control of resources including Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Congo, Niger River Delta, you name it. But Mozambique and Angola were more ideological and anti-colonialist guerilla movements.

For some reason we see religion everywhere as the cultural divide between the West and the others, but it's not that simple, culture is much more diverse than religion, and wars are about nationalism, territorialism, imperialism, and ultimately money... very few are purely religious. Even the Crusades were equally about looting the Arabs than about religion...

Answer 3

Wow - so uneducated and defective. before everything it relatively is incredibly nicely documented approximately faith inflicting wars, plenty so as that I doubt there's a single historian that should disagree. For a start up the Crusades have been fullyyt approximately Christianity. there have been many wars between Catholic and non Catholic Christians even! Secondly you're making the standard mistake of no longer information what an atheist is. they are only somebody who does not have self assurance in a god - no longer in basic terms the Christian one, yet any god!! they are able to consequently follow any faith, sect or non secular existence that doesn't have a god!!! It takes seconds to look up the definition in a dictionary - why do you no longer attempt it? on a similar time as you declare to be agnostic your question of course implies a bias against atheists and the only people who teach such worry of atheism are Christians!!!!

Answer 4

No.

I would say it is more like people hide behind and use religion as an excuse to make war.

Africa is next on the hit list because of oil and minerals that will be exploited by other countries as the supplies dwindle on other continents they will go there and fight for those minerals and black gold and the excuse will be religion and freeing some obscure tribe of themselves.

Answer 5

for first not all parts of Africa are in war. in those countries or states were there are wars is because of religion beliefs conflicting with culture and society. religion is about 30% of the reason why there are wars. religion difference and conflicting theology and ideology. every religion wants to be superior and inferior that is why there are wars . Evey religion wants to establish their own state where one religion will be the national religion and people who dose not believe in that religion are discriminated. religion traditions conflicts with todays society which are more scinetific .

Answer 6

Yeah. Mostly the struggle for power actually by the political leaders, but the people that led the wars used religion as an excuse, and that's how they convinced people to back them.

Actually in Africa, Christians came in and thought that the ethnic tribes were uncivilized, and set up countries rather than ethnic groups. They didn't bother to check if they wree forcing unfriendly tribes to be loyal to each other. I beleive that is what happened in Rwanda with the Hutu(sp?) and the Toutsi(sp?), and what is happening in Uganda.

Answer 7

Biggest causes of conflict is always fought under the misleading banner of religion

Answer 8

I am with Snizzle on this one. Religion is a way people justify war and that's wrong.
People believe that if I kill some one in the name of God it makes it just and as far as i am concerned that is JUST wrong.

Answer 9

Nope. People hungering for power and taking up the mantle of religious authority are the cause of most wars, not religion itself. I think you will see the difference, if you think about it...

My guess would be that ambition is among the main reasons for wars - personal or group ambition, but ambition all the same.

Answer 10

Wars are made for money.
Religion is a form of controlling the population so it is wrongly used as a tool to motivate a war.
Ita all about money and power.