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what'stheanti-matter's avatar

Deeply embedded in Abrahamism, not really accurate for most of the world most of the time. Judeo-Christians are history's greatest genociders by tens of millions more dead than their next competitors. Learn the truth about history. Nobody has to behave like a Jew.

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Martin Krisko's avatar

If we're talking strictly about religion and its role in atrocities, then let’s be honest—all major religions have been tied to violence at some point. Whether through conquest, forced conversions, inquisitions, or sectarian warfare, none of them are clean. So trying to single out one tradition as the worst is just selective outrage.

If you really want to look at it from a scale perspective, the logical approach would be to examine the dominant belief systems in the most populated regions. That leads us straight to Buddhism and Taoism/Confucianism across East and Southeast Asia. While those are often marketed as peaceful philosophies, they were deeply embedded in state control, hierarchy, and obedience. For centuries, these systems served as moral frameworks for authoritarian rule, long before communism took root.

Which brings us to the modern death toll. The worst atrocities of the 20th century came from Communist regimes, which were officially secular but still heavily influenced by the cultural DNA of their regions. Mao Zedong was responsible for 40 to 65 million deaths through policies like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Stalin followed with about 20 million through purges, famines, and gulags. Lenin added another 5 to 6 million between executions, civil war, and manufactured famine. The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia killed 1.5 to 2 million in just a few years. And North Korea’s ongoing disasters have likely caused over a million deaths due to famine alone.

And just as a little binmot—so excuse the lack of surgical precision—the person who arguably bears responsibility for the most deaths in history might be Karl Marx. Not because he ever pulled a trigger, but because his ideas laid the ideological foundation for regimes that killed over 100 million people in under a century.

So if you want to talk about religion and atrocities, I’m more than willing to break it down piece by piece. But let’s keep it factual, consistent, and above all—logical. Otherwise, you’re not analyzing history—you’re just venting your bias.

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what'stheanti-matter's avatar

BUT, let's not forget that Judeo-Christian Capitalism has killed tens of millions more innocents than any other ideology in world history. That's why Abrahamic Capitalists are the piggies people on the planet, obs.

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what'stheanti-matter's avatar

All religions Marvin? .That's an extreme exaggeration. More inaccurate information from not so marvelous Marv.

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