Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

Religion has never caused a war. Religion is not a moving breathing entity. It is nothing more than a body of philosophies and ideologies. Wars are cause by men. Sometimes they are done in the name of Religion. There are those few times when men have truly felt in their hearts that it was required of them based on their religious teachings. Most times simple misinterpretations can account for that. More often than not, however, men seek to wage war in the name of religion not because they are religious or felt forced to in order to prove themselves Godly but simply because it can be a tool to control the masses. A cause to rally around. Especially given that of the billion people who are Christians on this earth. Less than half have probably read the Bible from the first page to the last or have sought to critically analyse the bible allowing room for incorrect translations and interpretations over the years or for reason and logic and humanity. They hardly ever approach the bible in a holistic manner. They take what they want to take from the bible and leave out the aspects of it that are inconvenient for them. People who are anti gay because the Bible states in Deuteronomy that homosexuality is an abomination might want to temper their self-righteous indignation with the fact that lying, fornication, adultery, laziness, and not honoring your father and mother are all described using the word "abomination". Those who are against masturbation or preventive birth control will cite the lord Killing Onan for "spilling his seed." But they seem to forget that in Biblical days when A man's brother died that it was his duty, providing that he was unmarried, to marry her and produce an heir but Onan resenting that the child would not be considered his own spilled his seed. How is that related to war. It isn't. It is a case in point of people plucking specific verses from the bible to suit their purposes.You have done something very similar by taking all of these verses without ever searching for a backdrop or context to it simply to prove your point. I didn't even have to turn to my bible. I just googled the thing! Before you actually get to Joshua 11:6-15 you have Joshua 11: 1-61 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.After Deuteronomy 7:16 you have Deuteronomy 7:44 “For 1they will turn your 2sons away from 3following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you and aHe will quickly destroy you.I did not have to look very far for an inkling of an explanation to the above mentioned verses. And if you were actually to read the Bible you are so ready to condemn you'd know that as long as the children of Israel were not in danger then the "Lord" let all the other nations around them be whether they worshiped him or not and blessed them for at least respecting that they were his chosen people. Hell, I would raise hell if i Knew people wanted to hurt my Children for no reason. Who is accountable for WWI AND WWII? For Napoleon's Wars? For Alexander the Great? For General Petraeus? or Should I say the United States? The Civil War? The American Revolutionary War? The War in Libya? Some of those I would definitely say were justifiable but they were not caused by Religion!I can't comment too much as to the Qua ran. I Have not actually finished reading it.