Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao. They all led rabidly atheistic regiemes and they killed many more people in a few short years than religion has done in total since the dawn of time
Hitler was anything but an atheist. He soundly denounced the "godless movement" in February 1933. His ideas of aryan supremacy had strong religious overtones and undertones.
I do not see that the fact that communists were atheist has any direct relationship to their brutality.
I dont want to get into a numbers game with you, because actual statistics will be tough to verify.
But have you forgotten about.
1)Crusades
2)Islamic expansion
3)All european wars from fall of Roman Empire until the 17th century
4)Conquest of the Americas
5)Sub-saharan africa
a)slave trade
b)disruption of culture brought by christain missionaries
I could go on and on but these should be enough to make my point.
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This message has been edited by Theodoric, 08-26-2005 04:06 PM