Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
I'm not saying that wars are fought over religion, I'm saying there are leaders who use religion to create popular support for war and violence in general.
Understood...the main thing is there is a unifying cause that people rally behind and that can be anything....but those things sort of fall under the relm of group psychology instead of politics
When politicians use religion to get their illegal wars on it's very much a part of politics. If we really were democracies instead of plutocracies that hold elections every few years we'd have accountability for doing so too.


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