The Passion

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You can't say that religion is the "cause" of most of the major catastrophes in the world. That's not fair to say. Geography and governments I would argue are the major causes of wars and what not. Religion just gets factored into that and works as an excellent scapegoat. Like Isreal today....the only reason why they're fighting is because of governments dividing up land and being greedy. Nations were founded on greed...to see who could get the most land (ie Roman Empire!!!) and what not. The only country that I can think of that hasn't had tons of turmoil and actually lives somewhat in "peace" and has multiple ethnicities/languages/religions is Switzerland. When boundary lines are drawn and people are grouped together under one government, but don't have similare beliefs/languages/etc....you're bound to have turmoil and what not.

So, it's definitely not religion that has been the major factor in everything.....it's just the scapegoat, because that's easy and pushes everybody's buttons.