(May 18, 2012 at 5:16 pm)Polaris Wrote:(May 18, 2012 at 5:10 pm)Tobie Wrote: Looks like you've never heard of the crusades then.
Even when you factor the Crusades, the death toll due to religious conflict is still minimal when compared to societies that tried to succeed without it. Religion has been a great tool for keeping societies together, but maybe now in the 21st century (definitely not the 20th) we can have societies that don't need that crutch to survive.
A lot of modern wars have religion as a contributing factor. Look to the middle east, it's all Islamic Extremists. Ireland, it was Catholics vs. Protestants. Religion has been a contributing factor to many a war - mostly due to it's ability to separate otherwise similar peoples.
