religious wars i don t know if this is the sort of thing you guys like to discuss i guess it falls into the area of apologetics this is a question that seems to pop up now and again in conversations with non christians it usually appears in the following sort of unqualified statement well you know that religion has caused more wars than anything else it bothers me that i cannot seem to find a satisfactory response to this after all if our religion is all about peace and love why have there been so many religious wars personally i am of the view that religion has often been used as an excuse to instigate wars often to disguise national ambitions but i would love to hear what anyone else has to say about this subject thanks in advance andrew j fraser if we re thinking in terms of history the crusades northern ireland yugoslavia come immediately to mind northern ireland yugoslavia name andrew james fraser e mail fraseraj dcs gla ac uk ese h student university of glasgow standard disclaimers i m beginning to suspect that the natural condition of humans is conflict perhaps we should not ask whether a religion or philosophy has been involved in any wars since they all have but whether it has stopped any clh
