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Exactly, I don't...I see him advocating the opposite of wars and conflict, yet these Crusades and Holy Wars were fought in the name of Christianity. Which is where I'm confused.

BTW this is the most insightful thread you've ever started Burke, bar none. Kudos and may it be the first of many. ;)

So where do Holy Wars fit in? The great Crusade? Vanquishing the Infidels?

Exactly. Religion attempts to prove the things that science can't (or at least has not yet been able to), and it is not able to prove things that science has (or at least to a far less comprehensively). Using Tom's example, the existence of a God is improbable, from a scientific point of view...

I believed it when I read the bit about smoking. :D

I'll believe it when I see it.

Ah, I believe I had my very own "moment of clarity" when I was looking at the stars too.