Just curius? wars and religion?

Question

Im an atheist.. ok now thats dones so listen. How many wars in the history of the world have been fought over religion? just about everyone besides a few...
im curiuos about the number actually so lets see

Answer 1

Even those wars that the participants claim are being fought over religion rarely have their actual causes in religious belief.

The vast, vast majority of widescale human conflicts are over the same danged things every time: money, resources, power and tribal affliliation.

They all pretty much boil down to these, no matter how much religious fervor or ideology is whipped up to justify their money-grubbing, resource-grabbing, power-mongering attempts to get back at 'them' for all the misdeeds 'they' did in the past.

Answer 2

There is no way to develop a good number. The Crusades obviously qualified; so, to a degree, did the Cromwellian revolution of the 1600's in Britain. Perhaps the last real war which was fought over religion was the Thirty Years war of the same era. Since then, wars have been fought mostly over political or economic rather than religious grounds; the current bloodshed in Iraq is a conspicuous exception.

Answer 3

Many people will try to tell you that they've all been due to religion. That's a load. I can't think of a single war that was fought over religion. They're all about valuable territory. Religion is often used as a recruitment tool and a motivator, sure, but that's never what the wars were actually fought over.
Take the Crusades, for example. They were fought over the Holy Land, probably the biggest trade route hub in the old world. Think about it - land routes from Europe to Africa, from Asia to Africa, from Asia to Europe - if you were walking you were going through the Holy Land. Why pay Muslim taxes on Asian goods when you could just go stomp them and take over the routes?
People blame wars on religion to suit their own agendas.

Answer 4

Using the word religion to ex plane the reason for war is nothing more than a smoke screen, an excuse to cover up the real reason for war. The real reason behind all these wars is world domination. Because power, and politics play an important role in every major event in the world. The main purpose for war is still world domination, after all the one who holds all the power is the one who rules.

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Answer 6

There are too many to count. Here are a few with body counts associated.


36 million An Lushan Revolt 8C
20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C
20 million Annihilation of the American Indians 15C-19C
17 million Timur Lenk 14C-15C
17 million British India 19C
7 million Thirty Years War 17C
5 million Russia's Time of Troubles 16C-17C
3 million French Wars of Religion 16C

Answer 7

Do your history. Most have been fought over power, land, political reasons, etc. and even those where religion has played a part, it wasn't the only reason for the war.

Answer 8

I think it would be easier to say most pre-industrial wars are backed by religion. Because all wars have political undertones, they say its for their god but its really for the head of states. if you have religion on your side it is just a bonus to convince people to march toward their death.

The crusades were really to expand lands and control trade routes. Roman wars were for the same reason. So where the Greeks, And Egyptians. The britians had god and country on their side during their expansion of their empire, but it was really to control trade and land....

Answer 9

None have been fought over religion.
Josuha 10.

Wars are fought over lands and properties.

Answer 10

If someone's inclined to make war upon another group, via their dualistic mindset, they'll use whatever excuses they can to support their agenda. Religions are a convenient excuse for some, but it doesn't necessarily reflect on the religion.

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