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Originally Posted by CunningStunt
Religion has caused more bloodshed through the ages than anything else. It's all totally unnecessary. There is no god. People who think there is are stupid.
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Again so?
Much of the so called bloodshed attributed to religion is often nothing more than an excuse given by a greedy man or woman. Humans have always been pretty simple. We as a race often would take shit from people we felt could not hold onto their shit, just had to give your people a reason to risk their lives to take some of that shit. Wars would of happened either way with or without known religions. You just can not blame it simply on religion.
Religion also served as a guide early on to assist in keeping people both in line with the concept of laws and most often the power of the greedy guy in charge, plus aspects that helped them give reason to why shit should not be done. One thing to tell a hungry person not to eat a pig, something else to tell that same hungry person that its against gods rules to eat it. They did not have the understanding why, but it did its job.
What I find more interesting is the religions before Christianity got its foothold. Pretty damn much the same concepts, just better stories and well entertaining.