On 4 May 2014 07:22, spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> I shan't defend the behaviors of the Abe religions over the centuries, but > you couldn't term the Hindu faith as pacifist either. In the 20th century > the political movement that had atheism at its core, was the Marxist > ideology, and how many tens of millions did it destroy, 70 mil, 100? Not a > bad catchup I'd say. The "pagan" faiths, previous to, and coexistent with > the Abe religions were not pacifist either and were hungry for land, > slaves, and murder, just like the Abe's, and even worse. Pagan Rome > employed crucifixion, remember? The ancient Chinese, were plenty, > murderous, as well. In the Americas and Africa, as far as archaeologists > and physical anthropologists, have determined, and were, what I term as > being 'genocide friendly.' None of the species were really nice guys for > much of the time.. Yep, the religions known as Stalinism and Nazism were just as destructive as the Crusades, etc. In fact anything ending in "Ism" seems to be a justification for murder or cruelty. (It looks like Capitalism is catching up with the others, and may soon surpass all of them if we aren't careful.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
