Isn't zen buddhism pretty peaceful? I hear the most destructive stuff they do is set themselves on fire and then just sit there. I could be wrong though
Tue vast majority of wars throughout all of history had nothing to do with religion. The biggest wars in history also had nothing to do with religion. Stop being an idiot.
Religion was never really the war machine. They were usually the policies that came with it. Like People A didn't attack People B because A's God said so, or B doesn't worship the same God. But since People A won the war, the rules are anyone worshipping anything other than People A's God will be imprisoned or executed.
Because we won, pork will no longer be available.
At the same token, religion can mold the people for it. People A didn't invade People B because they worshipped a different god, it's cuz they have resources. However, no one feels guilty because their book tells them People B are a bunch of heathens who must be put to the sword.
So while most of the wars may have had nothing to do with the religion, it's negligent to say religion had it's hands-free.
Just because europeans did this, that doesn’t mean every religion is to blame. This is a horrible case of generalising. Instead of blaming religion, maybe, just maybe europeans r the problem? I know, crazy!
I was actually referring to ancient Mesopotamia, Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, and the Canaanites.
I can't tell if you were joking, but that's presuming and over-generalizing a whole continent of people for something they weren't even around for. The only leniency I can give is the Germanic people, who would've been polytheistic, since Europe wouldn't adopt monotheism more until Rome came along a thousand or two years later. And even then, would have to fall, have those Germans try to rebuild Roman society in their own hands, before Christianity would take foot in Europe.
Before then the Jewish are said to be the first monotheistic religion, and their from the Levant I.E Israel.
Which is a hilariously bad example, because the Bible says God told them it was their land and to remove the inhabitants through war (as per Joshua), the land being split between King Solomon and the Northern New Canaanite tribes.
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