[SOC] Religion

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I agree that many of the religious organizations have often
got it wrong, but it you check the records, Stalin's 30 million
killed beats all the others by a long way. If you add the millions
killed in china and Cambodia, the gap gets even worse.

cheers, Paul

On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:20:27 -0400 soc@mailman.qth.net wrote:
> On 10 Oct 2002 at 17:29, paule@sfu.ca wrote:
> 
> > Quiet easy, what political system in recent history had the
> > notion of there being "no god" as one of it's cardinal tennants???
> > And how many people were killed by it???
> >
> > cheers, Paul
> 
> I doubt as many as in all the Religous conflicts you mention, including
> the Crusades, the Inquisition, the persecution of the Jews (by
> Christians, Moslems, etc.). Communism is a new kid on the block, and
> would have had a long way to go to catch up to organized religion as a
> source of mass killing.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I am a believer, but I do think the organized
> religions have got it all wrong. I won't know for sure until I stand in
> judgement.
> 
> Talk about blasphemy! I just noticed we have a serious philosophical
> discussion....on SOC!
> 
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cheers, Paul - VA7NT ex VE7CQK - email: paule@sfu.ca
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