Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.man View Post
Hitler and the above only killed a few Mill.
If you research religious war death tolls
from record keeping 55+ million or more are attributed to religious wars, be it the Crusades, witch hunts, the taming of American Indians (to convert them Christianity that is), Brigham Young, Muslims , and on and on.
Mao wins this gruesome contest all by himself with estimates ranging from 70 to 100 million. Add the others in, and it's no contest.

Hitler - 10 million
Stalin - 20 million
Pol Pot - 2 million

I'd dispute the 55+ million number also. 15 minutes of research makes it look like getting to 1 million in the events you describe would be pretty difficult.

I don't mean to dispute that much harm has been done in the name of religion. Much certainly has. However, I disagree that religion is the main cause of war and suffering. Greed and power are the true motivators in most cases.