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Originally Posted by Ustwo
It doesn't seem to take that much to get someone to kill for you, but religion is very good at getting someone to die for you. To deny that religion is being used as the main fuel to incite conflict is to ignore the obvious.
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I disagree, it seems that today in the US, you're told to die for your country. Our service men don't wear crosses on their uniforms, its the American flag. Governments have almost always been the cause of war, and while religion does play a part, that part is usually praying to God you wont get blown to pieces during a battle.
Most of the other countries in the world do the same, so its nationalism thats used to incite war.
The Islamic fundamentalists undoubtedly use religion to their benefit, but I wouldn't say that world wide its the main fuel. That would be a major exaggeration.