[BeAllYouCanBe]

"It's the manipulation of people, under the guise of God's direction, that has been the cause of many of the worlds problems throughout history. "

Communist dictators in the 20th century killed or imprisoned about 100 million of their own citizens.

Stalin, 40 mil, Mao Tse Tung, about 40 mil, Pol Pot, Castro, and the other Marzists of the world make up the rest sum of horror of communism.

Manipulation of people by religon has been very mild compared with Marzists -- if we let these Islamists get their way -- they'll beat the communists dictators very soon. It isn't really about religon it is control!

[stuartcr]

You are talking about a small portion of the 20th century. I am talking about all of mankind since someone, somewhere figured out how he could manipulate people through their fear of the unknown and supernatural.

[aruanan]

"It's the manipulation of people, under the guise of God's direction, that has been the cause of many of the worlds problems throughout history. "

Doesn't the extreme lack of thought in statements such as the above never fail to amaze you?