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Old 12-15-2010, 06:47 PM   #156
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Originally Posted by CleverClothe View Post
Is this lie still getting repeated?

WWI, WWII and the American Civil War were extremely bloody and had nothing to do with religion.

It seems to me the top causes of violence are something like this:

1) Greed
2) Racism/Xenophobia
3) Religion
Beyond that, don't forget the "Great Leap Forward" by Mao, which killed tens of millions (some say 40 million), and Stalin's Ukraine famine which by comparison, only killed about 10 million. But hey, they were atheists so somehow they don't count.

It's pretty much always greed. Other things are just excuses. In almost every religious conflict, greed is the real motivator.
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