Another one bites the Dust

A reoccurring theme in my blogs have been that religion is the fuel for the fire we know as war. I was in my International Studies class today and we were talking about 16th and 17th century European history. The specific time period was 1618-1648, the 30 Years War. The one that lead to the treaty of Westphalia. Up until now I thought that war was stemmed from city-states constant struggle for boundary lines to their territories, and today I learned that it was actually the war fought between the Protestants and Catholics as they battled for religious supremacy in Europe. It was said that over a million people died in this war.



This just adds to the list of events that have transpired over the hundreds of civilized years in our world that stemmed from religious feuds and ruined the lives of millions and millions of families and friends. Back then it was between the Christians, now it is among the Muslims and Jews. This one seems even more unlikely to end anytime soon, and the amount of lives that will be affected are seemingly infinite. The two biggest powers besides religion that can control people and bring order are politics(governments) and the media, who have done an amazing job persuading public opinion. We'll see who learns first, or better yet, who cares first.