Are Christians Resonsible For Wars?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by jfrog

I think the book in question assumes religion can be separated from morals and a societies world views and ethics and justifications for war. Is religion a direct cause of most every war? Probably not. However, religion is there in the background in everything. It's a part of society that influences every other aspect of people and society. How much of the influence for our wars was a result of religion?

The american civil war? Fought over slavery and states rights and a few other minor things. How much did Christianity influence whether that war took place? I think quite a bit. Don't you?

Not really, it was an ethical thing. I think most folks happened to be religious, but they were not shouting..."Jesus will help us kill our southern brothers"...This was a divided country over ethics, not religion. It was UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO OWN SLAVES