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Originally Posted by Suave
Religion is just a smaller part of the social framework in which people operate, which is the cause of wars. It has nothing to do with the religion itself necessarily, but what people use that religion for. I'd say if there were ever a singular "cause" to be chosen as the reaon for war (which is a pretty silly idea in itself), it would be greed or possibly ego.
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Bingo....the religion itself has little to do with it. The person's greed or ego (in the connotative sense) manipulates the "religion" (in quotes because once this happens it is no longer truly the religion) for his/her own purposes.
The point about fanaticism is also true.