Am I going to hell?

[JaneFW]

I'm saying that with or without religion, bad things will happen (however, I think less bad things would happen without religion). Trying to categorise which bad things are associated with religion or no religion is futile and pointless, as the conflicts you listed had many causes. I could say the cause of WW2 was because of religion, because Hitler was Catholic and said he was doing the work of god. But this would be overlooking his other motives and the fact that Japan had already been fighting with China since the beginning of the '30s, for completely different reasons.

To make the argument that Christianity has prevented conflict is simply ignorant. As I mentioned, the Crusades and Inquisition were among the deadliest and prolonged attacks in history and you can't say that wasn't done by Christians.

Another point is that the conflicts you mentioned have nothing to do with religion. What I mean by this is that the Falklands War would have happened whether Christianity existed or not. Same with all the others.

Bad things happen because of religion and good things happen because of religion. It is impossible to say that Christianity is a major good for keeping peace in the world.

Also, you say slavery is not due to Christianity. You should probably read parts of the Old Testament.

I don't say that Christianity has prevented conflict. Not anywhere in my posts I think. I think it's a force for good, but it's often misinterpreted - just as Muslims often misinterpret the Quran, and other people misinterpret their holy books. We are all just, at the end of the day, faulty human beings. We want to be God, not be ruled by God. IMO anyway.

Actually Hitler's raison d'être was lebensraum - living space. If you ever have the desire to read Mein Kampf, or even read about it, you will see that his whole thing was extending his empire. Of course, German nationalism had also taken a beat down during WWI, and the people were struggling with having to repay the fines levied upon them by the rest of Europe. And then there was the restriction on building weapons. And if you ever read The Origins of the Second World War by A J P Taylor (you should, I had to for college, grrr) you can discover that Hitler actually didn't want to go to war but it was the rest of Europe which made him do it! To which - big eye roll.

Anyway, that's all politics.