How many wars in past 200years have not had a religious motivation?

People cause wars, religion is often the excuse.

I don't believe the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimea War, the Boer War, WW1, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War had a lot to do with religion.

Quite a lot really. Neither of the two world wars, nor the Crimean war. For the most part the wars in Africa have been tribal resulting from inter-tribal hatreds going back hundreds of years. Korean war? not that one either. Not the Spanish-American war of 1898, or the Civil War. Not even the war of 1812. I guess non of the major wars in recent history had a religious motivation. But I guess that yes, lots of little not very important wars have had a religious aspect to them.

But yes I do agree that over a much longer period then more people have probably died through relious wars then any other reason, apart from old age of course

Wrong

Religion had nothing to do with it- wars are always fought over a material resource. Religion happens to be a handy justification.

Napoleonic- land, politics, economies, trade

Boer War- land and control

WW1- checking rising German military power.

ww2- Greater Germany was the issue. And the persecuted were Jews not Israelis as Israel was only established in 1948. Hitler was aiming to re-appropriate e the disproportionate control of capital and education from the Jews- exactly as Stalin did during the late 1940's.

Vietnam- real issue- US access to resources and markets- nothing to do with communism. The US were petrified SE Asia's massive resources would be kept from them if the region fell to the communists.

Bosnia- greater Serbia- which meant not admitting potential strife-causing Albanians or others which didn't identify with being Serbia. So religion was simply a means of identification.

Northern Ireland- political control.

Capitalism and Communism conflict was always about access to markets and resources.

For a seemingly intelligent person, you have very simplistic views on cause and effect.

Organised religion is essentially about power and eventually those power bases will come head to head in conflict.

Individuals involved in religion are not generally bad, but by becoming involved they voluntarily subjugate themselves to the authority of the religion - just look at the average religious building they are designed to make the individual look small.

What happens is that individuals and families tend to take control of individual institutions and then link up with like minded others controlling other institutions and effectively form political parties within their religions and then they become fixed in their views and that theirs is the only right way, conflict is inevitable and in countries where state and religion are interwoven war is often the consequence.

My view on organised religion is that of a curse on all of their houses - with the possible exception of the Quakers.

Land is a strong motivation the war in former Yugoslavia had to do with Land and not religion. Serbia wanted to maintain central control being the capital however when Slovenia and Croatia declared independance in 1991 & war broke out over power and Land.

Just for the record they have never hated eachother for centuries as inaccuarate media reports. That's like saying the Scots hate the English (vice versa) because they have been at war .

My friend i think 99% of those who answer to your question so far concluded that the motivation of wars in recent history is purely politic and Territorial matters nothing to do with religion when we were fighting against the British and the French in Africa we been only after our freedom and Independent

I don't know if it's possible to differentiate between caused by religion and caused by politics but excused by religion. I think money causes as many wars as religion but it's a lot easier to recruit for a holy war than a greedy war.

I think only on the surface is religion used as an excuse. I think the second reason is always the real reason in anything.

The second reason is always greed (political expansion is also greed which is what Hitler was all about - political expansion), "just don't like those people" or to get their land,

Religion is often just a cover up for political expansion, greed and land grabs.

The Falklands wars was purely territorial,

The invasions of Grenada and Nicaragua were purely political.

How about the 50+ CIA directed overthrowing of democratically elected governments to establish dictatorship style puppet governments to cooperate with our multinational corporations...thirsting for the natural resources and slave labor.

Other than these.....None