history of Europe: The Wars of Religion

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Contribution of religion to health and happiness is controversial. History reveals how religious leads direct war, suffering and destruction. However, regardless of the disaster at the foot of religion, it is easy to outweigh the artificial creed. It is easy to think of horrible events such as fascism, imperialism, communism, socialism, capitalism, racial discrimination, especially terrorist incidents in the past 100 years. Nonetheless, this does not support the positive contribution of religion to the health of the human family.

Atheists frequently point out that religious war is an example of why religion is almost always the cause of war. However, the religious war of Europe is more than the difference of religion. Even though religion is not involved, cultural, ethnical and political problems may eventually lead to these wars. That said, in the meantime it is undeniable that Catholics and Protestants did something really cruel. But when religious believers do something contrary to their central doctrine they can not be attributed to religion. Religious wars also directly violated the teachings of the Bible and Christian values, as the "Christian" crusaders completely violated the doctrine of Christian faith.

On October 24, 1648, a treaty was signed at Münster, one of the most fierce wars in European history. This war is a religious war involving the majority of Western Europe, especially the Holy Roman Empire. The Thirty Year War showed the social, political and economic decline of the Habsburg dynasty and the rise of France as a major power of Europe. As a result of the thirty year war, the Habsburg dynasty lost its position as the richest dynasty in Europe. As the costs of weapons and people increase, war is an economic waste from the empire. After the Hapsburg Family Catholic Alliance forces were defeated by the Swedes in 1632, the only hope of the Hapsburg dynasty was to rely on the use of mercenaries, which was a factor that led to further economic downturn. In the last 16 years of the war, the Holy Roman Empire had to rely on soldiers of wealth. These mercenaries are out of control. Mercenaries are much worse than intruders