The Logic Off Topic list

>  Hey I would agree with you - that war is fundamentally against the
>  principles of all religions. The fact that all sorts of groups can twist
>  religion to justify their wars just shows you the extent to which they
>  don't follow their own principles. Imagine if an alien were to land and
>  ask "what is religion?" and come away with the conclusion that its a set
>  of rules for which people die and kill for, but are too busy to follow.

All?  I am no authority, but I have the feeling that there have 
probably been lots of religions where war was perfectly acceptable. 
Shintoism, Japan's native religion, for example does not particularly 
forbid it if I am not mistaken.