Quote Originally Posted by jessem98
crusades, WWI, French revolution, spanish conquest, native american genocide in north america, and many many wars inbetween 1400 and 1800 CE on the topic Protestant VS Catholic.
And here I thought that WWI was fought because of strategic alliances and the assassination of the Archduke. The French Revolution I thought was the result of an imbalance between the economic conditions of the French nobility and landowning class, and the poorer, farming peasants. Spanish conquest, I thought that was about expansion and resources, in that way it was similar to the wars fought against the native americans over land in northern america.

Here I thought most wars involved the pursuit of power in its various forms, but I find I was wrong and that religion is in fact the cause of all human suffering. Man, I wasted so much time actually studying history. Imagine how much shorter all the books could be. Perhaps even short enough that someone with the modern attention span could stand to read them.

Right... I'll give you the crusades, but even that is probably over-generous.