Re: Freedom vs License
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It is very difficult to seperate religion from politics, especially in the case of the crusades, of jihads. They are one in the same.
Religious beliefs have lead to the slaughter of untold millions but there are very few religions whose tenets include killing others. This implies that it must of been politically convienient to wage holy war, rather than a religious necesity.
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Oh you're totally right, the Crusades for example were just a war waged under a religious banner, but to me, it's always been interesting to think about what people would've done without religion to galvanize them (of course it's equally likely that they would've faught simply because their lord would've kicked them off their land had they not).
Cody
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