golden rules

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

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[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

The evil would be on a far more diffuse scale. There's nothing to inspire mass hatred and prejudice by a people or against a people than to convince everyone around you that the creator of the universe is on your side.

The Hatfields and the McCoys, or national wars over land or resources would be about the worst you would get without religion. You would cut out an entire reason for people to get their panties in a twist.

Its all wishful thinking, though. Religion, like the poor, will always be with us. One lacks money, the other lacks thought.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

The Hatfields and the McCoys, or national wars over land or resources would be about the worst you would get without religion.

Pol Pot - 2,000,000 dead in the killing fields

Stalin - up to 60,000,000 dead in the great purges.

Hitler - 6,000,000+ dead in the holocaust

All done without religion.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Pol Pot: Class war against the wealthy and well-educated, ostensibly in the quest for rice

Stalin: Couldn't kill that many through purges if he tried. Probably well under 500k killed through wrath of Stalin. Most of that 60 mil was due to incredibly bad agricultural policy and drought. Lysenko probably killed the majority of that 60 mil.

Hitler: Actually closer to 13 million, but 6 million were singled out for their religion and nothing but. I'm fuzzy o the details, but I think some other flavors of catholicism were singeld out as well for the final solution.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Then you agree.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Then we agree.