Quote Originally Posted by Tim K View Post
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.
Problem is (and the Vatican is there to prove it), that religion, greed and power often go hand in hand.