The Muslims or the Christians? Then tell me which religion is more violent.
2006-09-13 01:55:30 · 7 answers · asked by rab2344 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religion is not violent, I wish people would understand that.
It's humans that are the problem but if you're actually wanting to know who has killed more from those who claim to be Christian or Muslim then it'd be the Christians seeing that they have been round for 2000 yrs and the muslims are 600 yrs behind.
And don't talk about 9/11 seeing as the IRA, KKK, etc have done far more damage and even further into history which show more people killed under Christian acts rather then the Islamic world.
I wonder why no one has mentioned Judaism considering that they have probably killed loads more.
2006-09-13 02:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by hints_dont_work 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the advent of religion reduced the slaughter that was occuring in the BC years. Before religion, murder wasn't considered a crime in much of the world. It was just something that happened that made people sad and mad causing more carnage. Most of Europe was settled as a result of people fleeing the carnage inflicted by nomadic tribes. As a percentage of population, Genghis Kahn killed more people than the Muslims and Christians combined. The Chinese have murdered more of their own people than any other country through slaughter and government induced famine. While the spread of religion was brutal at times, the aftermath was usually a much more peaceful and less murderous society. The removal of religion in Russia and Germany resulted in massive genocidal behavior.
The English committed genocide in every colony they established except the U.S. and Canada. The mudered the entire population of Tsamania, 3.5 million in India, and 8 million in Ireland, to name a few, plus they commercialized slavery. They murdered more people in more countries than Hitler ever dreamed of. This was economic and had nothing to do with religion although they often used religion as an excuse to do the deed. They often did this in the name of god when their god would have nothing to do with genocide against any race of human beings.
Now, the Muslims do not rise up against their radicals because the religion teaches them to smite the infidel and to rise against those doing it would be to rise against their religion. The Christian religion teaches nothing like this. Obviously, the Muslim religion is more violent.
2006-09-13 09:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we know that the Catholics (not Christians) have killed upwards of 60,000,000. There is no count of the millions that muslims have killed. I would say that they were running neck and neck and that.
2006-09-13 09:01:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
religions r not violent. religions r manipulated by violent ppl
2006-09-13 09:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by heinz_chan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christendom (all religions that condone or participate in war)
2006-09-13 10:44:07 · answer #5 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man has killed more....
2 points plz
2006-09-13 08:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by bandaidgirl 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nature and natural calamity
Ofcourse GOD if God is the reason for everything happening here as most of the relegion teaches.
2006-09-13 09:01:25 · answer #7 · answered by senthil r 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋