Sentences with phrase «of wars of religion»

From the fairy - tale châteaux of the Loire Valley to the battlefields of the wars of religion to the mob - filled streets of Paris, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is the extraordinary untold journey of one of the most maligned and misunderstood women ever to be queen.

Modern politics was born, in a more than chronological sense, in the aftermath of the wars of religion.

The memory of wars of religion, and the fear of their revival, make some commentators understandably hesitant to emphasize the religious dimension of the contest in which we are engaged.

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Well, a lot of those wars that were committed in the name of religion also happened to bring considerable profit to highly placed people in the aggressor nations.

Don't you ever get tired of spewing the party line against religion, and how it causes wars?

For instance, while Star Wars has very evident religious Buddhist and Taoist overtones, Star Trek shows religion from a cold perspective (e.g., science is supreme and only cultures and worlds without an in - depth knowledge of science need religion).

It makes me very nervous that Islam today finds more and more acceptance in the Western World though it is clear that it is a religion of war, evil, destruction, death, sorrow, torture, pain, doom, darkness, backwardness, hatred, revenge, bossiness, etc..

This is all about control with religion and it has to stop.Gay people getting married doesn't have anything to do with straight people getting married.People are so full of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I'm glad this has come out now, because it really shows how evil people really are.But these people who are so into GOD, the Bible, Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they can.

3) bouncing from one to the next physically and emotionally abusive christian home 4) being bullied due to lack of interest in sports and small stature 5) going to war and watching friends get hurt and / or die in combat 6) growing up being called a «devil worshipper» for not buying into religion.

Without religion, in which the believers are deluded into thinking they are chosen by their God and everyone else is a piece of s ***, the world would be free of wars and hatred.

a Cold War civil religion, of which John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson's crusade in Vietnam was the chief expression and which, contradicting John Quincy Adams, «positively required the United States to go abroad in search of monsters to destroy»;

and since the beggining of mankind, however that happened... «religion» has accompished one and only one thing it has celebrated our differences, divided mankind, and caused wars over and over again instead of doing what this world needs us all to do... celebrate our similarities.

World War One, World War Two, Nazi Genocides, Stalin Purges, Chinese Communist Purges are prime examples of what happens when there is no religion to control and channel violence.

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

And TO the people that says religion is the cause of wars, plz stop it, how about all the wars from atheism?

All religions were created by men - not women - to control the masses.They have discriminated against women from the beginning and in «the name of God» have created more wars, deaths and destruction than anything else in the world.Religions are nothing more that dictatorships in the «name of God»... pure bull!!!

I wonder what would happen over there if the world's people were to finally see the truth and realize that religion is being used to delude them into thinking world wars are the way of life — something that has to happen in order for... their glorious ascension into heaven or hell --(depending on who's side — re: religion — god — whatever — you are on).

The second category he calls «circumstantial evidence ``, which, if he was shown any of these, might cause him to rethink his position even if he doesn't convert: a genuinely flawless and consistent holy book; a religion without internal disputes or factions; a religion who's followers have never committed or taken part in atrocities; a religion that had a consistent record of winning its jihads and holy wars.

When it comes to war, religion is more often a tool than a root cause of the conflict

The root of this approach is Tyerman's conviction that Christianity was a religion of peace that was led to embrace war by the «so - called Church Fathers,» popes, and propagandists.

This type of religious zealot dribble and criticizing is what causes war, death and hatred for fellow man / woman... all in the name of religion.

It's ridiculous to suggest that the lack of religion leads to wars as, again, the ridiculous centeredpiece suggests.

1 63 million Second World War 20C (Christians et al and Communists / atheists vs. Christians et al, Nazi - Pagan and «Shintoists») 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C (Communism / atheists) 40 million Genghis Khan 13C (Shamanism or Tengriism) 4 27 million British India (mostly famine) 19C (Anglican) 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C (Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion) 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C (Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese folk religion vs. a form of Christianity) 20 million Joseph Stalin 20C 8 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C (Islam) 9 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 10 16 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C (Christianity) 11 15 million First World War 20C (Christians vs. Christians) 15 million Conquest of the Americas 15C - 19C (Christians) 13 13 million Muslim Conquest of India 11C - 18C 14 10 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 10 million Xin Dynasty 1C 16 9 million Russian Civil War 20C (Christians vs Communists) 17 8 million Fall of Rome 5C (Pagans) 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C (Christians) 19 7 1/2 million Thirty Years War 17C (Christians vs Christians) 7 1/2 million Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 14C http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm

Most of the wars we no about have little to do with religion per se, much to do with wanting what someone else has, wanting to control what someone else does, or fearing someone else because they are different.

Often called the God of War, he became a deity of popular religion by the early Tang Dynasty (618 — 906 A.D.) and was regarded as a special patron god of the military.

The winners of that war of persecution shaped what you believe today about your religion.

The wars of the reformation, including the 30 years war, were caused by the same thing that always causes war — politics, in this case, in the name of religion.

While religion is often used as a catalyst to rally the masses into supporting a war, the root cause of the vast majority of wars is the desire to gain control of the resources of another people / country / etc.

Brian is essentially correct about the cause of many wars being based on religion.

For the record, religion has been the cause of countless pointless wars throughout history, especially in modern times.

Adhering to Muslim Law by burying bin Laden at sea had nothing to do with showing a dead terrorist mercy for his body or fulfilling bin Laden's wishes; it had to do with showing the world we are respectful of religion and cultures that may be different than our own; our war on terror has nothing to do with culture or religion.

Start with GW (after all we all know this was about oil and religion) Move on the the «crusades» (nice term, but really just another war, ok 5 wars in the name of religion).

And many nations have waged wars to promote their particular brand of religion.

You and that episcopalian religion of yours getting us into World War II.

CNN: My Take: The 5 key American statements on war Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of «The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,» explores five texts that have served as «scripture» of sorts in American public life, each of which contemplate the meaning and ends of war

Even though it has only been around a «short time», the impact of this religion based on an «imaginary guy in the sky» has caused numerous deaths and wars.

A little longer ago there was the murder of the abortion provider in Topeka, and who could forget that little war in Iraq (that we all know was about religion and oil, not weapons of mass destruction)

The details of law and the vital debates over the personhood of the fetus mattered far less than the success of a continuing ideological war to liberate women from male domination, orthodox religion, and oppressive notions of traditional sexual morality.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers, most of whom are Christian, have waged war against fighters who are Muslim, but not on account of their religion.

The vast, yes vast majority of wars are about power, money and religion, going back 4000 years.

History also states very clearly that numerous wars have and are still going on as the result of religion.

Like with every religious war, there were secular reasons behind the facade of religion.

Religions cause wars and hatred of other people religions and to kill or hurt people who don't believe aReligions cause wars and hatred of other people religions and to kill or hurt people who don't believe areligions and to kill or hurt people who don't believe as you do.

let's forget the ancient history of war driven religion; let's focus on modern history we see everyday.

Obviously if they don't volunteer, they will continue to suffer the pain and horror of war driven by the stupidity of their religions.

I see little in these posts but intolerance and Catholic bashing based on little understanding and thought... Worst of all are the people blasting religion while showing complete unwillingness to forgive... the real cause of war

1 63 million Second World War 20C (Christians et al and Communists vs. Christians et al, Nazi - Pagan and «Shintoists») 2 40 million Mao Zedong (mostly famine) 20C (Communism) 40 million Genghis Khan 13C (Shamanism or Tengriism) 4 27 million British India (mostly famine) 19C (Anglican) 5 25 million Fall of the Ming Dynasty 17C (Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion) 6 20 million Taiping Rebellion 19C (Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese folk religion vs. a form of Christianity) 20 million Joseph Stalin 20C (Communism vs. Christianity et al) 8 19 million Mideast Slave Trade 7C - 19C (Islam) 9 17 million Timur Lenk 14C - 15C 10 16 million Atlantic Slave Trade 15C - 19C (Christianity) 11 15 million First World War 20C (Christians vs. Christians) 15 million Conquest of the Americas 15C - 19C (Christians vs pagans) 13 13 million Muslim Conquest of India 11C - 18C 14 10 million An Lushan Revolt 8C 10 million Xin Dynasty 1C 16 9 million Russian Civil War 20C (Christians vs Communists) 17 8 million Fall of Rome 5C (Pagans vs Pagans) 8 million Congo Free State 19C - 20C 19 7 1/2 million Thirty Years War 17C (Christians vs Christians) 7 1/2 million Fall of the Yuan Dynasty 14C

As usual, most of the wars, killing, maiming, torturing and sorrow has been in the name of religion.

Also, in response to the way you twisted your question, the so - called holy wars that you and Thor are referring to were also run by governments so also fall under the whole «nations supressing other religions» clause of your statement and are invalid.

=========================================================== OK, so I got curious and decided to compile a list of wars, genocides, and other violence that is predominantly motivated by religion, or at least spearheaded by a leader that claims to be religious.