NancyLebovitz comments on Making your explicit reasoning trustworthy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 January 2013 03:25:48PM 2 points [-]

My assumption has been that religious wars mostly use religion as a surrogate for territorial, ethnic, and economic interest groups. On the other hand, religion somewhat shapes ethnic groups. Still, I that those wars are driven (at the top-- everyone else is stuck with the war whether they want it or not, and are likely to be influences by propaganda-- by "Because we're us!" much more than by "Because God wills it! (see elaborate argument for what God wants)".