Hold on Sir John

All wars are religious? Most wars are about territory (ie filthy lucre or the source of it) first and foremost. The fact that some clever spinmeister then portrays the war as religious duty just makes for more willing cannon fodder.

For myself, can't see religion as a way forward, but also take heed of great scientific brain of C S Lewis, who could. Think it was his analogy that, just like bacteria can't conceive of the larger bodies on which they live and which can ultimately destroy them, maybe - and I know that's a big maybe - there's something bigger than us.

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An Unashamed Fence-Sitter, Unwilling to offend a greater power she can't actually conceive of