Where is the "It's all Gaz's fault" option?

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Combination of these .....Religious intolerance ,Self-interest - seizure of resources, etc

Dig a little deaper in that history......religion is #1 reason for conflict.

It could be either or, but I believe economic desparity and self-interest to be the underlying factor. This of course being on a larger scale. On a smaller scale, why do individuals kill one another? I can guarantee you the #1 cause is NOT religion.

Yes, but all due respect, "culture" is basically molded from ones religion and usually is defined after a "religion" has been established.

All violent and intolerant religions began as "normal" religions.


What I meant was NO worship AT ALL.

Hmm...interesting. Very interesting. But I think we've past all that, at least in this country. We have Black jews, Asian christians, and White buddhists. Culture now a days is more defined by economic disparity, and even political beliefs added in. 200 years ago, i'd say you were right on the money.

territorial disputes, arising from economic, political and/or cultural causes...

most conflict seems to occur when one group wants to take control of territory belonging to (or claimed by) another group...

colonial conquest and the resulting nationalistic movements, nazis and others bent on world domination, serbs engaging in ethnic cleansing to take control of non-serbian (or partially serbian) areas, the israeli-arab dispute, the chechnya-russia dispute...

in a sense, even terrorism is related (at least in part) to one group (terrorists) wanting to eject westerners from their lands and gain control of muslim lands...

The only source of conflict in life = desire. Thus sayeth the Buddah :D

WTF a long timer like Rain man leaving off a "Gaz" option? Who wudda thunk it? :hmmm:

Corrupt leaders, of corrupt nations, of corrupt religions, driven by greed.

I looked at this as a question about conflicts around the world in my lifetime. Since it seems like a lot of that would be conflicts in Central America and Africa, I voted for the political motives option. Since most of those conflicts are along the civil war lines, it is all about who has the power irregardless of religion, culture and race. This could be looked at as attempts to even out economic disparity (often the case in civil wars, the poor rising against the rich) or simple self interest (can you say dictator?).

Over all though, most of the conflicts going on in the world are things that we common Americans are not even aware of or are aware of peripherally only.

Please see post #1

Could you not list most of, if not all of, the options under self interest?

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