User blog comment:Uknownada/Do the Bellamy Pirates represent atheists?/@comment-2.80.238.8-20120117163001/@comment-3119203-20120118015111

I have a hard time seeing how the United States is the only one in world that invades anyone. And yeah, let's get rid of the oil. Piece of cake. Trust me, the world is getting rid of oil as fast as it can.

Religion causing war, huh? Not really. The crusades, maybe, but most ancient wars were caused by trade disputes, land arguments, or empire boundaries. The Civil War was over slaves and economy. The First World War was territory disputes again (if memory serves), and the Second World War was all about Germany trying to rule the world. Nazis may have killed Jews, but that was because Hitler needed something to get him into office, and they were the perfect scapegoat. Not because he hated their religion. He blamed them for economy.

So basically, money and property are the root causes of evil. But if we didn't have these things, most people would die with a lack of necessities or we would still be trading pigs and shit like that. The thing is, humans breed conflict. Religion has nothing to do with it.