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Mead posted...

http://fstdt.com/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=45583

Lol

Literally never said that, and it's proof of the kind of persistent trolling and harassment I've had to deal with over the course of nearly 2 decades on this site.

And, as one poster in that chain pointed out:

Well technically, that's mostly right. Wars are usually fought for land, trade route control, money, and resources. Religion is rarely the motivation by those who initiate and declare war. But religion is the motivation provided to the masses of peasantry and low-level land-owners to justify why they must go thousands of miles away from home and risk death (least of all), injury and infection, capture and torture, etc. "Aristocrats want money" just doesn't cut it, but "God says so" apparently does.

Only in a handful of cases is religion more a primary motivation than other factors, but even then, it's not the sole motivator.

After all, it's been well-established that the Crusades -- like most wars -- were little more than a glorified land-grab, that time under the pretext of religion. And the peasants who traveled to war didn't do it for "god" or "country," but to line their pockets and in the hopes of improving their station just like any other professional soldier.
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