# Religion is the main cause of war and the root of most suffering in the world | Refuted **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 14, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180 "2016-04-14T13:12:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/21 "2016-04-14T15:03:29Z")
Religion is the worstest. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/22 "2016-04-14T15:19:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. The Crusades, which are generally seen as a religious war, were actually conducted for secular political reasons against the rising power of the Seljuk Turks. But what might qualify it as a “religious war” is not the secular reasons it was started for, but the religious reasons used to recruit people to fight for it. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/23 "2016-04-14T15:27:54Z")
God be damned if I’m going to read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/24 "2016-04-14T15:39:19Z")
You know, I was just reciting pretty much everything in the OP the other day, pedantically going through lists and links and such when my friend turned to me and made one of the most profound and insightful statements on this topic I’ve ever heard. She said ‘dude, give me another hit off of that’. I did and then basically forgot the trend of the conversation and had to run out for the extra large size bag of Doritos. Then this guy asked me for change in the parking lot and I told him I usually do that in the bathroom as my undies tend to have skid marks and… …er… What were we talking about again??? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/25 "2016-04-14T16:55:14Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/26 "2016-04-14T17:23:16Z")
How much do you want to bet the OP doesn’t return to this thread? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/27 "2016-04-14T19:36:49Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > How much do you want to bet the OP doesn’t return to this thread? Let’s see, registered today, made two posts this morning, no further sign…no bet. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/28 "2016-04-14T19:45:20Z")
Is there a Cliff Notes out on the OP yet? ETA: If this is about rods-into-serpents and seven plagues, I gonna be _pissed_ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/29 "2016-04-14T19:45:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Well, golly-Now that I can no longer post my daily “Religion is the cause of ALL WARS!!!” screed, all I’ve got left to fall back on is “God? _What_ God?” You’d have been doing it wrong anyway. You’re supposed to _spew_ it, not just post it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180/30 "2016-04-14T20:01:38Z")
It’s a long copy and paste from elsewhere on the web. No one’s seen fit to reply seriously. The OP hasn’t come back. Closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-is-the-main-cause-of-war-and-the-root-of-most-suffering-in-the-world-refuted/752180.md?page=1)