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Old 03-23-2008, 09:14 PM   #199
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
According to your link (which inludes the crusades), the numbers are no where near a couple of million. Also consider that region under Orthodoxy also participated.

I get your point though, religon has often been used as fuel for killing... as has ideology in general. I just saw "Catholic killed a couple of million people", and took exception to that specific statement... but not the overall point.
I meant to add the Crusades in there and you're easily over a million.

Agreed with your second point. And it hasn't 'just' been Christianity. Religion, if used by a tool to control people has often resulted in innocent people being killed.
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