More correctly, 26 million dead as a direct result of fundamental disregard for the rights of individuals.
(a trait shared by communist totalitarians, and religious fanatics alike)
The Roman Catholic Church sure as hell didn't kill 26 million people. Neither has the Southern Baptists Convention.
I know what you're getting at, but I'm gonna pick nits with you - The posters above were talking about including Christianity amongst some of the most gruesome acts in history. The Man was simply pointing out that it's not totally accurate (nor historically honest) to assert that, since there are absolutely worse examples in history of human conflict than the ones aforementioned.
The Mongol invasion of Russia.
The conquests by Alexander the Great
The Islamic invasion of western Europe and northern Africa (which sparked both the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades)
The Communist atrocities of the 20th century (not even counting the horrors that were WWI and WWII...)
There is no common thread between any of these events, other than the fact that Mankind, being inherently evil, was involved in all of them. Get my point? (I'm trying to say "Being historically dishonest does not justify, nor require, the bashing of any religion"...) The concept that all wars are a result of entities "trampling on" the "inherent liberties" of others is intellectually dishonest, and ignores the core trends of human behavior throughout history.
:) ttt ;) ttt