Religion: The Main Cause Of War

Religion is a touchy topic to debate and every time it is brought up in conversation, they become more attentive, tense up especially when two people disagree with each other, it is easy to see why a fight could break out. People are generally not upset that they don't believe in the same thing, but are simply upset that they were told that they were wrong. This will easily demonstrate that religion is not the main cause of fights because in this instance the two people would want to engage in a debate because they were told that they were wrong. Even though religion is often an underlying cause of war,the ultimate causes are political and economical gain, struggles for power,wealth and territory, and the leaders who seek power use religion as an excuse.They twist religion ideologies in order to

Most religions doctrinally and dogmatically oppose wars. The New Testament, the Quran and the Hebrew scriptures call us away from warfare. But many people like Richard Dawkins who is the famous atheist would disagree. According to him, “ if there was no religion, there would have been no 9/11 attacks, no Israeli-Palestinian conflict, no troubles in Northern Ireland.” When it comes to war, many people believe that religion (e.g Islam )is the main reason for wars because it has particular resonance in the case of the most familiar yet most misunderstood religion. The concept of Jihad ( Holy War) has been used by many political and religious groups over the ages in order to justify various forms of violence. To prove that religion alone does not cause a global war conflict or a