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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe, but religion had caused infinite more wars than all other reasons together in the whole history.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

No, economic factors matter far more. Religion is often used as an excuse, or plays some role, but the real drive is access to trade or resources or labor in the vast majority of cases.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Yes, and it's almost entirely due to one religion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion