2007-01-23 15:35:58 · 17 answers · asked by luvchefou812 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not sure, but the christians shed quite a bit of other's blood in an effort to pass along a message of peace and love. Between the crusades, and missionaries treatment of indigineous people (both american and worldwide), millions of non-believers were wiped out in the spirit of this message.
2007-01-23 15:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Native Americans
2007-01-24 00:42:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans
2007-01-23 23:38:11 · answer #3 · answered by Kirk T 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Have you noticed that the Buddhists have never shed a single drop of blood in the name of spreading Buddhism? See how Lord Buddha advised his followers in this wonderful "Kakacupama Sutta" (The Simile of the Saw).
"...Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding. Even then you should train yourselves: 'Our minds will be unaffected and we will say no evil words. We will remain sympathetic, with a mind of good will, and with no inner hate. We will keep pervading these people with an awareness imbued with good will and, beginning with them, we will keep pervading the all-encompassing world with an awareness imbued with good will — abundant, expansive, immeasurable, free from hostility, free from ill will.' That's how you should train yourselves.
"Monks, if you attend constantly to this admonition on the simile of the saw, do you see any aspects of speech, slight or gross, that you could not endure?"
"No, lord."
"Then attend constantly to this admonition on the simile of the saw. That will be for your long-term welfare & happiness."
That is what the Blessed One said. Gratified, the monks delighted in the Blessed One's words."
(http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.021x.than.html)
2007-01-24 00:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by Real_Truth 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists regimes come in first, with 180,000,000 dead over the last 100 years. Western European Christianity is a close second at 800,000 over the last 20 centuries.
2007-01-23 23:47:29 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is the most insightful, thought provoking question ever. You should be an investigative reporter for Entertainment Tonight!
2007-01-23 23:41:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews. Remember the Holocaust!
2007-01-23 23:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably Europeans.
2007-01-23 23:40:41 · answer #8 · answered by lavendergirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to narrow this question down to specific periods. History is filled with bloodshed for peace.
2007-01-23 23:39:20 · answer #9 · answered by jack w 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christians.
2007-01-23 23:40:52 · answer #10 · answered by Forever 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋