The war on faith.

[Matt R.]

Christian motivated??? I have never, ever heard that the war in Iraq was Christian motivated. The administration claims it was over WMD's. Everyone else claims they are lying and says that it was over oil. Or power. Who on earth (besides you) claims that this is a religious war?!

I have no idea if Christians were "more in favor" of it then atheists. Is there some type of poll that I'm unaware of? If there is, I would venture that it is because of political affiliations rather than religious teachings. Again, you're blaming the religion because people affilitiated with a religion have some viewpoint (even if the viewpoint has nothing to do with the religion itself).

I don't have the time nor the inclination to research the teachings of ancient Greek scholars. To put it bluntly -- I highly doubt any scholars went to war BECAUSE of Jesus' teachings. Again, maybe the rulers of the day claimed Jesus said they should have more power, thus they should kill people. Whatever. All I know is that I went to a Catholic school from kindergarten through high school, and never once was Jesus asserted to be "pro-war". He may have endorsed certain aspects of the Old Testament, but the *primary* message behind a lot of his teachings was to change the way the people of the day thought of the old testament. Maybe you can provide some evidence that Jesus was "pro-war", but I'm sorry if I take 15 years of religious education over the word of an agnostic or atheist. I have no reason to try to look it up without seeing some evidence first, because 15 years of legitimate religious study tells me you are wrong (most of it was directly from texts such as the Bible, so I have no reason to think my teachers were putting a "spin" on anything).