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Atheists & Agnostics

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts) Tue May 15, 2018, 04:06 PM May 2018

Would there have been as many wars if [View all]

there was never any religion on the planet? I am sure greed and the need for shelter and food would have caused a lot of death and destruction, but if you removed religion as a factor that influences humans, would there have been fewer battles?

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Would there have been as many wars if [View all] BigmanPigman May 2018 OP

Oh I don't think anyone is naive enough to say there would be no wars. trotsky May 2018 #1

I don't know sister. Glamrock May 2018 #2

Which leads me to question whether or not BigmanPigman May 2018 #3

Oh that? Pfffff! Glamrock May 2018 #4

If not religion, there would have been some "we good, they bad" rurallib May 2018 #5

It would have been harder to persuade people to kill each other. Buzz cook Jul 2018 #6

No, there would be less. Major issue... Duppers Aug 2018 #7

Probably less RussBLib Aug 2018 #8