2007-03-13 03:46:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Even wars that are made with religious excuses are actually political. There are no wars without a political component. Politics seems a more logical suspect to blame
2007-03-13 03:51:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's the number one excuse, especially of people who haven't studied history. Most wars are about power, politics, and resources. For example, the first Crusade was sold as a "holy war", but the motivational forces were the large number of armed knights in Europe with nothing to do, and politics with the byzantine empire.
I shudder when I see this question asked as a justification for anti-religion as it's about the same level as "If we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys."
2007-03-13 10:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no its human greed for money and power.
religion is just used as a way to control the masses in to fighting for those who want the money and power.
Religion is not the only way to do it either. Nazism, Fascism, and Communism showed that ideological state loyalty can be replaced with faith and people will still wage war.
2007-03-13 10:50:22 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What religion(s) are you calling Western? All of the major religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam,etc.) originated in the East. Check your geography.
2007-03-13 10:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, the wars in the last 25 years have been started by the radical muslims. Read history.
grace2u
2007-03-13 10:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eastern parts of the world too - It seems people are reading their bibles/qurans wrongly - God does not want us t harm each other - Quite the contrary - However Que sera sera
2007-03-13 10:51:09 · answer #6 · answered by Gezza D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Lust for power-greed are the cause of war. The subgroups would be money and markets.
2007-03-13 10:52:11 · answer #7 · answered by cmw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People fighting over things.
2007-03-13 10:52:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no people are. If people were not fighting over religion they would simply find another reason.
2007-03-13 10:51:32 · answer #9 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say it's necessarily the number one cause, but it definitely doesn't help.
2007-03-13 10:50:31 · answer #10 · answered by WWTSD? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋