(January 5, 2016 at 10:43 am)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote: War violence is always organized by those who believe they are leading a fundamentally better people on account of religious or ideological differences - or, as is most often the truth, by those who would have their followers think so.
Which wasn't always about religion. And which, presently is only religious on the surface. Not scratching the surface for the underlying political reasons is the best recipe for failure.
Religion is just one tool to motivate the masses to throw their lives away. It's not the only one, not by a long stretch.