Theism has killed over 2 billion people

I know the wars are the biggest numbers, but everyone seems to brush over the other stats the OP mentioned. People who watch their kids die because their publishing company tell them they cant get blood transfusions or the ones who let people die from easily taken care of medical issues because they think one word in the 20th translation of a book they think their god had written might mean to stay away from docs etc.

To the one who mentioned sciences deaths, those are not OK either, but even with the quack science and just insane "studies" that were allowed to be done once and probably still get done in secret the death count is no where near what was done in a religions name.

Its not intolerance by another name, you can believe what ever you want in my book. up to the point where you force your views on another, let alone try to take a life in its name. If you would rather die than see a doctor, thats your buisness. religious or not. bullying people into it and making kids die because of it is wrong in my opinion.

As others have said, religions dont kill people, people kill people. its a power thing. Most religions are just remnants of old power. it was how you made it ok to kill and subjugate people. And in my experience most of the ones who claim their core belief is peace and love also say except for those people. Thats not true peace and love.

-M-

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Didnt realise how old of a thread i dug up sorry. was looking for a place to post something and the search results showed this as more recent and thought it might be relevant but wasnt.

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People who watch their kids die because their publishing company tell them they cant get blood transfusions or the ones who let people die from easily taken care of medical issues because they think one word in the 20th translation of a book they think their god had written might mean to stay away from docs etc.

Do you honestly think that those numbers amount to much? One person needlessly dying is too many, of course, but you're vastly overblowing the religion / medical issue -- it's the Jehovah's Witnesses (who are just opposed to blood transfusions, they still go to the doctor,) and weird cults like the Followers of Christ. Two billion other Christians happily accept medical care, blood transfusions and other benefits of modern science.

Because there is life, there is also an end to it, at some point, in whatever way.... A lot of time is spent blaming the end of it on this that, who, what, when, where, even the person who lost their life. But that fact of mortality remains, or does it? What about reincarnation? Oops, wrong forum, for I am waxing philosophical now.
But my point is, beliefs, lack of them, behavior, and even just the "natural" or what we are led to believe is natural in the course of events, all end in the same fact of mortality, even if we do reincarnate. So the whole discussion of faith or lack thereof, as a means to blame is just another divide and conquer deal.

Been here done this ....again
Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao all avowed atheists with huge death tolls
And many of your "Religious? wars were about economics and religion was used to garner support.

Jesus taught turn the other cheek but that doesnt concern your argument does it.
Cherry picking to troll IMHO