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Originally Posted by LadyMischief
Don't forget, Religion has been one of the primary causes of war and genocide throughout the entire history of mankind.
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True, but that statement is so overused and exaggerated it is not even funny. For one, even religion has been a tool for convincing the masses to go to war at times, it often has not been the "primary cause". Secondly a HELL of a lot more wars and death have occurred at the hands of atheists, or the non-religious than the religious. WWII come to mind? WWI? The USSR, Vietnam? Korea? Just about any number of the thousands upon thousands of wars between tribes and empires throughout human history. Religion has been just a tiny catalyst in it all.