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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
It looks like people have piled all over you for your answers here, so I'll keep this short and sweet.
You cannot group atheists together and argue they, as a 'collective', have caused more wars. You simply cannot do that. Religious wars are religious because they are guided by a 'higher power'. Atheists are not. There...Is...No...Common...Thread.
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If by 'higher power' you mean misguided human, then you are correct. Religion is often used as a crutch to create unrest, people use it for political gain. Some Muslim extremists use religious fanaticism to get their downtrodden people focused on 'evil Western influences' rather than the fact that their leadership kill them by the thousands and keep them oppressed.
And as a Christian, I have to show Christians in this same light as there have been Jim Jones, David Koresh, the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades and Salem Witch Hunt in past. God did not tell Jones and Koresh what to do no more did He give guidance to puritans to kill suspected witches or Church leaders to 'convert' muslims through warfare.
It usually (not always) comes down to either a crazy meglo-maniac in charge or selfish political leadership...not religious affiliation. (note: 'usually, not always')