Straw man.Originally posted by A790
Absolutely! Look at the Holy Inquisition that was once carried out by the Catholic church? Thousands tortured and murdered... all in the name of "god".
We live in a world today with low crime, stable homes, or at least, we can say that when compared to the lives of the past. How many catholic priests have molested little boys again? How many people have died because of religion and "god"? I'm sorry, where are these divine morals and "peace, love, and happiness" that religion promotes?
I have yet to see it.
How many people have murdered or crimes committed without doing it for "god". Lets try and keep this within the last 200 years.
Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Mussolini, Mao are modern examples that come to mind. Many of them killed millions to rid the world of religion and other free thought. Not to mention the atrocities in Darfur, Rwanda and other genocides of the past 100 years or so.