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Originally Posted by JCB
I partially agree .
There is no evidence that religion ( whatever is meant by "religion" ) is the cause of all wars .
WW1 and WW2 were not caused by "religion" any more than the Falklands War was caused by "religion" .
Though the English Civil War and the Crusades were examples of wars partly promoted and sustained by "religion" .
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I did say not the cause of
most wars JCB
Philips and Axelrod in their "Encyclopedia of Wars" reckon 7% of wars and 2% of people deaths can be attributed to one religion or another.
35 million in WW1 versus possibly 2 million in the Crusades maybe 100,000 in the three English civil wars small change really when you factor in the deaths during the Mongol rampages across Asia at 30 million and Philips and Axelrod suggest 160 million in the 20th century alone through genocide.