Atheism and wars
Religion and wars
Atheists are willing to attribute wars to Christianity (which were more political than religious), and second, they are unwilling to own the atrocities of atheistic communism. Atheism is the worst.
Communism was the leading ideological cause of death between 1900 and 2000. The 94 million that perished in China, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Afghanistan, and Eastern Europe (easily and tragically) of the additional the 28 million that died under fascist regimes during the same period.
During the century measured, more people died as a result of communism than from homicide (58 million) and genocide (30 million) put together. The combined death tolls of WWI (37 million) and WWII (66 million) exceed communism's total by only 9 million.... and lets not forget famine (101 million). Curiously, all of the world's worst famines during the 20th century were in communist countries: China (twice!), the Soviet Union, and North Korea.
Religion? you need to point fingers at Islam.
The Crusades were a justified defensive war after 400 years of Muslim conquest, so that cant be counted at all. As it was to defend. And because of it more than 750,000 people died.
But if you want to put that in religion....you'd have to put that under islam, which by the way is the "religion of war", not peace.
When atheists claim that religion has killed millions, they are mostly referring to Islam (and yet are falsely assuming its gotta be Christianity).
According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 121, or 6.87%, had religion as their primary cause. 4-6% of those were by Islam.
Christianity is the lowest listed of all 6 groups responsible for wars. But if its regarding Crusades, it has to be taken out. [as noted]. Jesus followers have never started wars, murdered people groups or anything like that, ever. God used Israel to bring judgement on OT nations, but today He doesnt use Christians in that way.
Catholicism would be listed as a religion. But is not Christian. So you cant bash Christians over anything done by that false religion.
Catholicism is not nor was it ever Christian. Its a false religion masquerading, like the cults do.
Catholicism started killing unbelievers as early as the 4th century. The killing (often with torture) of heretics, church splinter groups, dissenters, atheists, agnostics, deists, pagans, infidels and unbelievers. Has 0 to do with real Christianity. Real Christianity is a faith of peace and love, who are simply messengers who share a gospel message.
Christianity began early in Eden (looking to the promised Messiah) tho was named as such with Christ's Resurrection. Churches were then created & grew in homes across all that region and beyond. In a small region of the world by 4th or 5th century, hundreds of years after the churches were doing fine.... a region ruled by Rome merged paganism with fake Christianity and called it Catholicism. Eventually the reformation happened and the Christianity already still existing in other regions in the world, reconnected with biblical Christians in reformation era...and are the universal Bride of Christ. Catholicism never was and still is not today, Christian.
By the time of the early Reformation (1400–1600), the belief among the early Protestants of religious freedom and religious toleration was norm. Scholars say tolerance has never been an attitude broadly espoused by an entire society, not even western societies, and that only a few outstanding individuals, historically, have truly fought for it. Christianity stands as a beacon of freedom and tolerance, and grew more so thanks to America (USA).
We know that those who investigate Christianity will find truth, Jesus and Salvation. We also know that All who will believe across all of mankind (past, present, future to the last human born) that they are already known to God and written in His Book of Life.
We Christians have no purpose on earth beyond the gospel. We live in the world but are not like the unsaved in the world. We follow Jesus and look forward to Heaven, and eternity (in the sin free) New Heaven and New Earth.
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