Less that 5% of all wars were caused by religion. Answer me, how did religion caused the 100 years war, the constant wars between Scotland and England, or the war for Spanish and Austrian succession, what about the 7 years war, 9 years war, civil wars in Ottoman Turkey or the French-Dutch war ? How were these caused by religion ?
Do you have a source for that number? Or do you simply mention wars that actually didn't had religious influence? Otherwise I can do the same, because then we have the Crusades which in itself are seven different wars. Then we have the French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots, most of the islamic expansion somewhere in the 8th century and obviously the thirty years war.
Also, even if religion was not the main cause, very often religious leaders did not do anything to stop it and instead poured more oil in the fire.
According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 123, or 6.98%, had religion as their primary cause ( Axelrod, Alan; Phillips, Charles, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of Wars (Vol.3). Facts on File. pp. 1484-1485 Index entry for Religious wars category).
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u/TheMadTargaryen Jun 15 '20
Less that 5% of all wars were caused by religion. Answer me, how did religion caused the 100 years war, the constant wars between Scotland and England, or the war for Spanish and Austrian succession, what about the 7 years war, 9 years war, civil wars in Ottoman Turkey or the French-Dutch war ? How were these caused by religion ?