2007-02-07 20:26:36 · 19 answers · asked by Danny D 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
...and land
2007-02-07 20:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by Marky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you're not right. What religious principle defined Vietnam, World War One or Two. The Crimean war?
Religion was a common factor in many European wars during the middle ages - at a time when religion was the prism through which the world was understood. Religion was a common factor in everything.
Also, you can't understand anything in particular by looking merely at a common denominator - especially if it an imagined one.
2007-02-08 04:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by Stu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you're not right. I'm as anti-religion as the next guy, but this is a massive oversimplification.
There was nothing religious about World War I, for example - it was purely political and economic. The same could be said about WW2 - the war itself had nothing to do with the Holocaust, but was again caused by Hitler's expansionist policies.
One common factor in many wars, though, is what might be termed tribalism - identification of people with one group and the belief that that group has a particular destiny. This group might be religious, or political, or linguistic, or cultural. To concentrate solely on religion is to ignore all the multiple factors that cause conflict.
2007-02-08 04:46:18 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not.
Power, economics, security. Religion may be the motivating force behind some, but not all.
Just because religion is seen to be the rallying call for some madmen who choose to go to war, don't be stupid enough to believe that it's the common denominator.
World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Gulf War I, Gulf War II, Vietnam War, Suez Crisis, Falklands War, the American War of Independence, the American Civil War, the Boer War... are you telling me that all these conflicts had a religious theme?
2007-02-08 04:32:37 · answer #4 · answered by k² 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The common denominator in every war is PEOPLE. If no one went there wouldn't be one!
2007-02-08 07:43:49 · answer #5 · answered by oldie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would dispute your claim - I think the common denominator in wars is power. Iraq is not about religion and neither was Aghanistan. And neither WWI or WWII were abut religion.
2007-02-08 04:32:53 · answer #6 · answered by LillyB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Presentday: its totally The greed and hunger for power and control - world domination.
They just use releigeon to hide behind and to create a facade so that they control our thought,, we end up blaming relegeon whilst in the background they are plotting and planning, creating and manipulation civil wars, so they prepare to enter and take over.
Look at the evidence its so clear...
2007-02-08 04:53:12 · answer #7 · answered by Sabreen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
World War I - the bloodiest war in history.
American War of Independence.
English Civil War.
Spanish Civil War.
And that's in ten seconds of thinking about it.
2007-02-08 04:30:56 · answer #8 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greed for land and power. Religion is in among the favourites.
2007-02-08 04:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by ANF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you are wrong. Many wars, yes. Every war, no way. Read a little history; you won't need much.
2007-02-11 18:03:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No a simple analysis of recent history can show you that but it seems to be a favourite myth of some Atheists .
2007-02-08 06:15:18 · answer #11 · answered by jack lewis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋