It's not religion..believe me. It's something else

[Angrboda]

And seeing as this internet rando has such poor reading comprehension that he mistakes the author for having said something he didn't, that goes double.

Does this refer to me? 

I tried to be clear about where I disagreed with the quote, and I gave reasons. It's often said that the rise of the nation-state began with Westphalia. I have no argument with the idea that a lot changed then. I disagreed with the idea that from that point on religion was no longer used as a tool to manipulate people into joining wars for power and wealth. 

If I've misread that I'd be happy to have it pointed out to me.

He said that Europeans began to conceive of war as a legitimate means of furthering the interests of sovereigns.  

This in itself does not imply that Europeans or others conceiving of war as a legitimate means for furthering religious interests stopped.