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Your premise is valid yet limited. By "Big 3," I think your case could be even better shown by the true Big 3 in terms of known adherents. Numerous tales of theocratic abuses prove the general rule that overt religion is a harm to any nation. It sure has been for the muslim countries.
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okay fair enough criteria... so who am I missing, the buddhist? hindu? Sure as hell ain't the followers of the the nordic gods. |
I think Buddhist clearly qualifies, as does Christianity. Without some fairly lengthy study, I'm not even sure Islam is #3 or even #4 or #5. |
Hmm.. we need charts and graphs to find out how many followers these various religions have.
Anyone have the numbers for this? (iirc estimates for the jews are 15million worldwide with the vast majority living in the USA).
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Any way you slice it, though, the bloodiest religion on this planet remains the global threat it has always been. And yes it does worship a meteorite.
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Whooa.. do you really want to rank religions according to bodycounts?
Christianity has emptied whole continents and islands in the past (conservative estimates for the death toll once the europeans landed in south america was 8million dead natives within 10 years of the arrival of the conquistadors). Add to that the various crusades, pogroms, inquisitions, genocides, etc... I'm thinking christianity would come out on top of 'bloodiest religion in history' ranking.