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Location: Westford, MA USA
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Quote:
Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
When HASN'T religion been used to further peoples' desire for power or territory?
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- -1337 when the French attached British settlements along the English channel
-1753 in the "Ohio Country" between France and England
-April 19, 1775 in Lexington and Concord MA
-January and February 1861 in the US South
-July 19, 1870 between France and Germany
-October 11, 1899 in South Africa
-July 28, 1914 in Austria-Hungery, specifically Serbia
-September 1939 in Poland
-December 7, 1942 at Pearl Harbor
-June 25, 1950 in Korea
-1946 in Vietnam
-April 1977 when Cambodia invaded Vietnam
-February 15, 1979 when China announced it's intention to invade Viet Nam
-September 22, 1980 between Iran and Iraq
-April 6, 1994 in Rwanda (a country that is 94% Christian!)
I'm sure that there are more, but they're just not coming to mind right now.
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Last edited by jluetjen; 08-03-2006 at 08:06 AM..
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