What impact did religion have in World War I on its outcome and on the people during the war?

Answer 1

It had 0% impact. World War I had nothing to do with our religion is good vs. your religion is bad and you should be exterminated for it. That's the Holocaust, NOT to be confused with World War I.

Correction

religion had nothing to do with the holocaust at all. that was about racial purity and the stab in the back theory by thr Germans following Versaille

Correction to the previous comment that "World War I had nothing to do with our religion is good vs. your religion is bad and you should be exterminated for it.":

Religion was not the cause of WW1. And on the Western Front there was certainly no religious aspect to what went on. However, the Western Front was not the only front in the War. Elsewhere, there was fighting in territories that had formed part of the Ottoman Empire, and while WW1 was going on there are certainly reports of religiously-motivated genocide. The Ottomans were reported to have killed tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of people who were members of the Assyrian Community, whose religious affiliation was mainly Christian. There are similar reports of genocide by Ottomans against Christian Greek and Armenian Communities.

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Correct Answer:

many people say that religion was not a factor in World War 1 but it actually was. The cause of World War 1 was a visit to Serbia from Austria's Archduke where he was assassinated by one of the many angry Serbians who were mistreated by the Austrian Government who enforced higher taxes to pay for churches. So Austria invaded Serbia angering other countries which turned into everyone picking sides and fighting each other. So technically religion was a root cause of World War 1. And World War 2 was also mainly caused by religion. Primarily Catholicism cause these wars. Just like most wars, World War 1 was started by religion.