Reply #33: If not religion, it would have been something else used to justify war. [View All]

[Zynx]

That entire line of reasoning is overly simplistic and overlooks the fact that many tens of millions of murders have happened with religion not even a consideration in the matter. Humans are naturally violent because of our greed and lust and greed is the overriding factor that causes war. Religion is simply used by leaders to justify it, but I would argue that in the 20th century there is no doubt that nationalism was the most destructive force and not religion. WWI and WWII had very little to do with religion.