As a Northern Irishman, I can confirm this.
Something I taught my kids: Wars of religion are not usually just (or even mainly) about religion. Usually they happen because two groups with opposing interests have different religions. And almost anything will do for a religion in this context.
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Or the same interest, in the case of both Crusaders and Saracens wanting the Holy Land.
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Of course. People are... strange.
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Or the same interests by different statuses or different opportunities to pursue those interests.
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Yes, but even then religion isn't a pure epiphenomenon. Religious affiliation helps determining who ends up on which side in the conflict. Cf Descioli and Kurzban, citing Gellner. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228099278_A_Solution_to_the_Mysteries_of_Morality …pic.twitter.com/RAvwoYpUZN
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It is more complex, let's use the Spanish Reconquista as example. Christian Kings fight between them, sometimes sided with Moorish taifas. other times, Taifas allied with the Christians against the Almoravids from Maghreb. Balance of power and short term gains were the driver.
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Bitcoin vs Ethereum
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make it easier: wars are Us vs Them. It doesn't really matter what determines who falls in each group as long as it's easy to know which one you and others belong to.
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Politics is short term religion and religion is long term politics.
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