War a part of human nature?
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Montegriffo
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Re: War a part of human nature?
I thought this had already come up. Religion is not the cause of wars it is only the recruiting sergeant.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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Hwen Hoshino
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Re: War a part of human nature?
Do we have a survey on what percentage of the population that was willing to do some sacrilege?Okeefenokee wrote:Even in ancient Egypt, where the Pharaoh was supposed to be a god, people broke into their tombs and stole their shit, clearly not buying into the claims of divinity.Hwen Hoshino wrote:It's about why people follow them besides life being miserable and short.Okeefenokee wrote:
I think you're being loose with your parameters. Two kings fighting over land, treasure or resources are not fighting because of religion just because religion is somehow involved in their rule. They're fighting over land, treasure, or resources.
I'd reckon the fear of the whip has done more to motivate people to obey their rulers than tales claims of divine right. I think a lot of the function of the divine right was simply to put some clothes on violent totalitarianism.