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Old 06-03-2008, 03:26 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Shauk
historically? no

currently? who knows? they won't admit it if that's the real reason.
Without detracting from the thread too much, wars have historically been fought for resource, political, and religious reasons. There have been a number of wars fought where religion was in the background. Let's not blame religion too much for all the wars. Some of the greatest conquests were not to spread the holy word; they were to build empires. Religion, in these cases, might have been an easy front.

Besides, the people in this video are peaceful; they are exorcising their demons.

We the rest of us have demons running all through us!
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