Every War is a result of Religious Motivation

Ah, I get to research after all. Since you are bringing up those 3 wars as your counter-argument, we will be arguing about those three. I will try and prove that the Soviet"Georgian War, the Boshin War, and the Peloponnesian War are results of Religious motivation. I ask we only use these 3 particular Wars only, to have a refined debate. All Right here I go. Now not every background or antebellum before a war shows a strong religious tension between the opposing sides. Religion can sometimes fuel strong nationalistic feelings for a group or nation, which can lead to imperialism, tension, or sometimes straight to war. Religion is not always a direct background cause to a war, but it is definitely influenced and motivational towards the background causes. Lets start with the Soviet-Georgian War: The Soviet Russia's Red Army"s goal was to overthrow the Democratic Republic of Georgia. There goal was to install a Bolshevik regime in the country. The Bolshevik were represented through the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, which eventually turned into the Communist party of the Soviet Union. Of course the Soviet-Georgian War was a part of the Russian Civil War (1917-1921). The Anti-Religious campaign during the Russian Civil War was to remove all influences of Religion. The Soviet Union wanted this policy enforced everywhere, so overthrowing the Democratic Republic of Georgia (Who was not following this policy) would allow for this policy. Therefore, under this Bolshevik regime, which would eventually be the Soviet Unions Regime, this Anti-Religious policy could be enforced to areas which had not been following it, in this case, Georgia. In the Soviet society, religion would be banned, therefore, a background cause of this war was religion in the sense that it was to be eliminated. . http://tinyurl.com... (Communist Part of Soviet Russia) . http://tinyurl.com... (Russian Civil War) . http://tinyurl.com... (Red Army Invation of Georgia) . http://tinyurl.com... (Anti-Religous Campaign) Moving on to the Boshin War: The Boshin war was a result of dissatisfaction among many nobles towards the Tokugawa shogunate"s means of ruling the country. For the sake of the voters, the Tokugawa shogunate was a feudal Japanese government lead by shoguns, which had Ruled Japan from March 1603 to May 1868 (The Edo Period). The cause of this dissatisfaction was within the Shogunates treatment of foreign affairs, as well as the discontent with the Political and Economic standards. The Nobles wanted to return the Government back to imperial rule (The Rule of an Emperor). Returning the country to direct rule of Emperor Meiji would allow the country to fix its foreign affairs, as well as modernize Japan. The Meiji Period (1868-1912) was an era of political, economic, and social reforms and change. On of these reforms was Religious Freedom. This would not have been a Reform, if under the Shogunate, Religious freedom was granted. Therefore, a background cause of the Boshin war, was TO BE granted Religious freedom. The dire need for change had cause this war to happen, one of those changes being Religion. . http://www.japan-guide.com... (Meiji Peiriod) . http://en.wikipedia.org... (Boshin War) . http://en.wikipedia.org... (Meiji Restoration) Finally the Peloponnesian War: Instead of writing out a summary of the war, I ask for viewers/voters to watch this witty video that was made that perfectly describes aspects, people involved, and the reasons for the Peloponnesian War. . http://www.history.com... Now out of all three wars, this war is by far, the hardest to prove, a result of religious motivation. The dispute between Athens and Sparta was mainly over land. So instead of looking at the War itself, let"s look at how it started. Athens placed itself above the other Greek states it was united with. This must mean Athen"s felt a level of superiority to other Greek states. But who would determine this? The greek gods were known for interfering with humans and there conflicts. I don"t doubt that they (the idea) could have contributed to Athens Superiority complex. I took this note from the Wikipedia page "History of the Peloponnesian War" "Despite the absence of actions of the gods, religion and piety play critical roles in the actions of the Spartans, and to a lesser degree, the Athenians. [8] Thus natural occurrences such as earthquake and eclipses were viewed as religiously significant (1.23.3; 7.50.4)[9] It has been further argued that Thucydides attributes the existence of the gods entirely to the needs of political life. The gods are portrayed as existing only in the minds of men. Religion as such reveals itself in the History to be not simply one type of social behavior among others, but what permeates the whole of social existence, permitting the emergence of justice. [10]" . http://en.wikipedia.org... Thucydides was a General in the War who wrote about his point of view. The passage above shows possible interference with the Peloponnesians questioning of Athens superiority, as well as, the need for Status. I will argue more about this in further arguments.