I wouldn't say that education is the antidote to war; rather, I'd say that education is the vaccine for war.
Based on what? Education doesn't seem to have reduced the incidence of war.
Since education made large scale war possible....
It started two World Wars.
I guess education and war go hand in hand. Perhaps what Adams should have said is, economic integration is the antidote to war. Not as catchy, though.
Japan was easily the most educated country in Asia before WWII.
I don't know how Italy stacks up to the rest of Europe, but Italy was far more educated than Ethiopia before invading it before WWII.
What? You're misinformed. Adams didn't believe that for one. A quote from the Treaty of Tripoli, ratified by the Senate in 1797 and signed by John Adams: "The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion." The vote was unanimous, there was no public dissent, and Adams had the following to say about the treaty (emphasis mine): "I John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty do, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof."
I'm not trying to argue that Christian principles aren't present in our history (they are). But you're regurgitating a common talking point in an attempt to rewrite history.
OK. Civil rights.
Have two countries that grant full legal equality to both men and women ever gone to war?
But the argument in the grandparent post is not supported by history either. The military monk orders of the Crusades are just one example.
Not only does Chritianity as a whole create yet another tribe for people to get divided by and fight over, it doesn't even enforce it's tribal rules (failing not killing, at least try to kill only the infidels) that well. Spanish history will attest to that. And even then it can manage to fracture itself and attempt to rip each other part into pieces.
I don't think the idea of 'but they're my brother in faith' ever really stopped someone from going to war when they realize 'hey, they just took my land'.