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   Message 288 of 1,925   
   Siwel Naph to AJA   
   Re: The Lion, the Which and the Wardrobe   
   06 Oct 05 09:15:13   
   
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   From: toomuchspam@spammer.org   
      
   "AJA" wrote:   
      
   >> Religious wars did involve quite a large percent of Christians, and   
   >> were begun by the Pope and Calvin and people like that, weren't they?   
   >   
   > Whoa!  Better do some more homework.  It is the merest shorthand to   
   > call these wars Wars of Religion, when in the main they were political   
   > wars.   
      
   We can see that clearly. Why did people at the time not do so and refrain   
   from offending against their faith so badly? Is our religion perhaps   
   contaminated with politics in a different way that they would see   
   clearly?   
      
   > Like saying Terrorism is a war of religion, etc.   
      
   Well, many terrorists say it is. Are they insincere?   
      
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