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Originally Posted by Griff
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I believe he was referring to the
Crusades. In Europe, political leaders doubled as religious leaders and vice versa. In addition to the Crusades, the
30 Year War was ostensibly an intra-Christian war. The irony, as with any war, is that with involvement of mercenaries and the general breakdown in social order, a great deal of violence was committed by Protestants and Catholics against people within their sects.
This may be one reason why so many 'old Europe' countries are lukewarm about most religion and why states have either taken over religion (England) or have a real separation between church and state.
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