Religious War

Have you ever wondered what causes wars? Religion is usually plays a major role in them.

An example of religious conflict goes back to the year 1618. “Religious wars caused even more destruction in the Holy Roman Empire than in France. Major violence there broke out in 1618 when unhappy Protestants threw two Catholic officials out of a window in the city of Prague. Their action was a response to a new policy issued by the king of Bohemia—a part of the empire. The king had decided to make everyone in his kingdom become Catholic. To enforce his decision, he closed all Protestant churches in Bohemia.  The king’s decision upset many Protestants. In Prague, unhappy Protestants overthrew their Catholic ruler and replaced him with a Protestant one. Their action did not resolve anything, however. Instead, it added to the religious conflict in the Holy Roman Empire.” This action developed The Thirty Years’ War.

Now lets go into our textbook to look for some examples. Its May 24, 1856; pro-slavery and antislavery are at war. ” John Brown, an abolitionist from England, gathered his group of men and killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.”

Recently there’s been a complex argument with Muslims and Christians. “If Muslims and Christians are not at peace, the world cannot be at peace. With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world’s inhabitants. Our common future is at stake,” the letter said. “The very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake.” That sounds kind of scary… but as you can see, religion can play roles in our wars.