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Religion Screwed the World Up?

Wouldn't there be so much less terrorism, killings, if there wasn't any religion. I guess some religion creates a peaceful environment for some, but, Islamic extremist wouldn't be doing so much suicide bombings and killing so many people, well, I guess not. I am not saying that only that the Islamic religion does this, it just seems like that is the religion which would be more extreme. Or am I just being stupid?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago
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    Nazi Germany, Hitler, although born a catholic, believed in no God as per quotations from "Hitler's Table Talk", detailing private conversations with Hitler. It is estimated that he killed about 11 million people, including about 6 million Jews.

    Joseph Stalin, communist leader of Russia, was an atheist. He is "credited" with purges, famines and other things that left about 20 million people dead.

    Mao Tse Tung, Leader of Communist China, was an atheist. He killed about 100 million with various five year plans, the great leap forward, the cultural revolution, etc.

    Pol Pot, communist leader of the Kymer Rouge, Kampuchea (Cambodia) killed about 2 million or one third of the population of Cambodia.

    In the past 200 years, how many mass murders in excess of 100,000 people killed have been committed by Christians on the basis of religious persecution can you name?

    According to the site www.thereligionofpeace.com Islam has conducted 24,523 deadly attacks since September 11th, 2001. Not that is not 24 and a half thousand people killed, those are the number of attacks in which one or MORE people have been killed.

    So don't go painting all of the worlds religions as "screwing the world up," when in reality it is one religion, Islam, which is causing most of the violence in the world today. Look at all the conflicts going on in the world today. Now note in which of these conflicts islam is on one or both sides of it.

    Are you being stupid? No, you are being ignorant. Ignorance is a lack of knowledge and is curable. Stupid is forever.

  • 6 years ago

    No, not even close. I am not religious, BTW, do not think that gods exist.

    But I do know religions do not cause wars, which hunts, programs, or God Hates Fags, Jews, and American Soldier signs. People do that. Those people often have some religion, but the religion did not make the signs, nor fly the plans into a building, nor round up Jews, rom, communists, and homosexuals into concentration camps. People did.

    People who followed old and outdated, ancient versions of their religions, people who ignored the instructions of their religions, people who created their own violent religions, people who decided they just felt like killing, or imprisoning, or enslaving, or raping someone else.

    But the religions themselves, even the crappy, creepy ones, never harmed a single person.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    No man has screwed up the world the politics in Uni God religion has not helped the truth in religion has helped its all part of evolution we have the ability to connect with soul the energy most call God increasing goodness and evolutional fitness this ability had to come with greater consciousness we are still learning to use this consciousness understand its energy we may still have time, if not the soul is eternal evolution will have another go.

    more info type in marc lambert and God

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Which Countries have the most murdered citizens in the worlds history?

    China 30-40million

    and

    The Old Soviet Union 20 million

    and which religion were they?

    Atheist

    Hitler was a friggin light weight compared to them

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  • 6 years ago

    You're not being stupid. Religion sucks. It ruins so much. Including minds that are capable of much more.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Religion can be used as a tool by extremists and opportunists to control people through fear and ignorance.

    Without religion, they would simply turn to some other tool to justify atrocities.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Religion is a mistaken phase the human race is presently going through. So, no.

  • 6 years ago

    No , there would still be terrorism with different excuses

    you generalize falsely about all religions

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    antichrist will go after believers. ww3 happens. antichrist will say that religion causes wars. atheists will agree. then antichrist (billy from saw movie) will abolish all religions, but then will demand worship. http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/billy-the-puppet/image... confess sins. drink blood of Jesus and eat body of Jesus in orthodox church. don't repeat sins. reject new documents and vaccines. don't go into a ufo to be healed by demons.

  • 6 years ago

    No, there would be less violence if everyone was Christian.

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