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Originally Posted by sashas  And btw, World War II did have a HUGE religious basis. Why do you think the holocaust happened?
Even the Vietnam war had a religious basis...as democratic people, we didn't like Godless communism. So we wage wars... |
Are you kidding me man? The Holocaust was a secret for a large part of World War II, why else were the Germans hiding evidence of the atrocities up until days before surrendering? I live in Poland, I've been to Oświęcim several times, and I've seen the German bombed gas chambers at Birkenau. The Holocaust was NOT the basis for World War II, but one chapter of the wide scale death and destruction that the conflict caused. There were Poles 3 miles away from various death camps that didn't even know the atrocities were being committed. These facts are well documented.
Vietnam was also a religious conflict? That's just plain ridiculous.
Sashas, if you're so desperate to link religion with war, why don't we talk about the Crusades, or explore what the Teutonic Knights did while in Poland. After we walk through various religious conflicts throughout history the world over, we can compare casualty figures for both religious and non religious wars. Trust me, the results are pretty staggering.