Religion And War
Instead of judging things on the basis of what could be better , we should try to understand the wisdom behind them. Please see if the following helps: Discussion 32271
In the name of Allah, the Protector. As I see it. This question or, perhaps, a perception of reality and history has a fallacy attached to it. The correlation/causation fallacy (if two things appear to be correlated that would mean that the one caused the other). The predominantly large reason for war is not religion. Data doesn’t prove that religion is the primary cause. The distortion or misrepresentation of data, for personal prejudices, is the source of maligning religion. White has provided proof that only 11% of the world’s 100 worst atrocities are caused by religion. https://apholt.com/2018/11/08/religion-and-the-100-worst-atrocities-in-history/ The list of wars, from my perspective, like WW1 and 2, Christians fighting Christians, Muslims fighting Muslims, Hindus fighting Hindus etc, Mongolian invasion of the Muslim lands, British and French and Italian and Spanish expansions, the genocide of Native Americans etc. are just a small example of non-religion-based wars. For war, there has to be an army, a leader and an opponent. The leader decides to go to war, and he or she would need people to fight. This leader will invoke the most common denominator in his/her land. It could be race, it could be nationalism, it could be culture, it could be religion etc. Religion is the collateral damage but none of the other reasons are ever abased! Did we realize that the most common cause of war is humanity itself! Did we banish humans or discredit them? It is not religion that is the most common cause of war rather it is humankind. The other fallacy that is being committed is the bandwagon fallacy. It is so fashionable to blame religion that everybody jumps on this bandwagon. It is trendy. The next issue to address would be the idea or concept of religion. Religion is not meditation. Religion will provide a way to live. And to live, there will be defence and also protection of the weak from the oppressors and hence war. This war is to deter aggression. Alliances of states go to war to stop injustice and genocide, as well. And yes, of course, most of the time the reason for war is politics or economy. Stay blessed, always.