Can you name any war in history that did not involve religion?

Question

yes? no? let me know if you find one.

Answer 1

The American Civil War. In this case, the Americans fought over state's rights, an upset South that was in some sense being dominated by the North that was favoring more to a federal government.

When the South continued to protest and struggle through the imbalance and rejection of state's rights, the withdrew from the Union, South Carolina being the first state to create the Confederate States of America.

The American Civil War was NOT initially fought over slavery as some history perspectives would have us believe. Instead, it was fought over state's rights that had initially been given to each of the states through the Constitution.

Today. Many people believe that ALL wars are started through religion. Not true. War is started with disatisfied people who feel the only way to be heard is to go to war. Religion can play a key role but is generally not the spark of it.

The War on Terror, however, is still a war that could be identified as a religious war.

Answer 2

Man has always been at war well before Christianity or any large scale religion. The Romans, Napoleon (French), Greeks, Huns, Mongols, Nazi and British empires and Soviet Union were all built for greed and politics. Only a few number of wars can be put down to religion i.e during the reformation and the crusades (outside these periods you'll find few). WWI was caused by countries protecting their crumbling empires, WWII caused by a man's greed. Civil wars are usually caused by politics, conflict between the far left and far right.

Answer 3

The War of 1812 did not involve religion. As far as 'the Canadas' {Maritime Provinces, Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Canada West} were concerned, the war consisted of three serious attempts by the Americans to invade. Fort York {Toronto} was burned, which provided the inspiration for a little incendiary fun in return. The first White House barbeque was held in 1814, seriously damaging and charring the brick structure, which was whitewashed upon rebuilding to cover the ignomy of that defeat.
Previously, creative Canucks built the biggest warship afloat--out of green {uncured} timber! The ruse worked, and even though the ship never carried the full complement of guns, it struck terror into the hearts of American sailors. Two smaller ships were hurriedly constructed in the same way, and although their hulls rotted out long before 1820, they remained afloat long enough to give the British the advantage on Lake Ontario. Lake Erie was eventually lost to the Americans and Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair were held by a single British vessel, the auxillary schooner "Nancy." Manned by about a dozen sailors, the "Nancy" once bombarded a mounted force of around 50 American soldiers in response to their demand for surrender. Although surviving a number of skirmishes, the ship later succumbed to a storm in Lake Huron.
An uneasy peace was eventually brokered, and what was to become Canada continued on with isolationist policies still widely practised fifty years later under the government of Prime Minister John A. MacDonald, famously quoted as saying: "No truck or trade with the Yankees!"

Answer 4

Although not usually thought of as one of the primary causes for some wars like the American Civil War or WWI or the Spanish American war, which was all about stealing cause nobody could stop it, Religion always plays a big part in getting people with no personal stake in the outcome to hate each other enough to go risk there lives killing the other guy or at least supporting the effort weather its justified or not.

Answer 5

The American Revolution, The Spanish/American War, the War of 1712, the French Revolution, World War I, WW II, the Civil War, the Korean War, the Vietnamese War, need I go on?

Answer 6

WW II
WW1
Korean War
for starters

What do you mean by" involve"? There have been people professing some type of religion involved in just about everything good or bad

Most wars have really involved greed (wealth,power,land,etc) as a primary cause and sustainer

What do you mean by "religion"?

Sure, their were fanatical Japanese Shintoists,Communists and Nazis( if you consider the latter two"religions") in WW2,but the nation states were not motivated by religion.

If you consider Nationalism a "religion" or the varied expressions of Atheism and Antitheism" "religions" then, well, what isn't a religion?

Answer 7

In addition to what every one else said, There's the American Revolution, The Spanish American War, The Mexican War, The Texas war for Independence.

Answer 8

Certainly:
World War 1 and 2 (yes, Germany discriminated against the Jews, but religion was not the reason other countries joined the war)
The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
The Vietnam War

There are many others, those are just what I can think of off the top of my head.

Answer 9

World war 1

Answer 10

The war of 1812