Re: Jesus!

On 15-Oct-99 at 07:22, Laserlight (laserlight@cwix.com) wrote:
> >M wrote:
> >> Now there's an odd question to pop up on a wargame
> mailing list.
> >Although, the sad thing is that I'm kinda curious, being
> intrigued by
> >the whole socio/politico aspect of the Tuffleyverse and
> all.
> >
> > Politics, culture and religion (and some greed) drive
> wars. If you
> >were a logical and rational being, living with many other
> logical and
> >rational beings in the Arab nations, would you go to war
> with Israel?
> >The Crusades were driven driven by religious forces, not
> common sense.
> 
> Partly, but also partly due to economic pressures.  Most of
> the lords--not all--had the intent to set up their own
> estate.
> 

There is still debate among historians about this, there is
some rather convincing evidence that the crusades were due
to population pressure that just happened to have religion
as its outlet.	Think of it as your genes thinking instead
of your brain and then being rationalized by said brain.

Roger