@peterjukes The only salient difference between the groups is religious -- calling the divide "political" just confuses matters.
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Replying to @SamHarrisOrg
@SamHarrisOrg Yugoslav break up best described as Orthodoxy in conflict with Catholicism and Islam? Or Syrian war simply Alawite and Sunni?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @peterjukes
@peterjukes Mostly. If you want to predict how a society will fracture -- it is usually safe to say that it will be along religious lines.1 reply 5 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @SamHarrisOrg
@SamHarrisOrg That fails first test. Biggest genocide in last 20 years was Rwanda. Was that a religious split? Or political and cultural?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @peterjukes
@peterjukes I've never said that all wars/genocides have been religious. But faith did play a role in Rwanda. The Virgin Mary kicked it off.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @SamHarrisOrg
@SamHarrisOrg But you said it was safe to see most wars in religious terms. Does not explain Hutu Tutsi. Nor major conflicts of 20th Century2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@peterjukes most doesn't mean all and it might have been more accurate to say "...along ideological lines" Stalinism, nazism@SamHarrisOrg4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@danabrahmsen@peterjukes Indonesia (Muslims v. Christians), the Caucasus (Orthodox v. Muslims; Muslim v. Catholic and Orthodox).. etc.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@SamHarrisOrg I agree but to include WWII it MIGHT be more accurate to say ideological, religion being a subset of ideology@peterjukes1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@danabrahmsen@SamHarrisOrg Rather large numbers missed out here: Stalin 20 million. Mao 60 million. Pol Pot 2 million.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@peterjukes @danabrahmsen Yes. You point the larger problem of dogma. The problem with Stalinism is that it was so much like a religion...
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