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Also, I'd take issue with you classification of the Cold War as one where masses of people did not die... Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan (where we supported resistance to Soviet occupation, resulting in a decade of war) belie this assertion.
You say DOGMA IS DOGMA IS DOGMA and I agree with you - but that doesn't mean that I'd characterize the wars mentioned above as religious in character. I'd say that the causes fought over had a fervor to them that was similar to religions. Hence my point in post #2 - "systems of belief (whether religious, political, ideological) more often enable people to villify others as a class... " I still don't think that this is limited to religious systems.
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