What's wrong with religion is that it has always enabled people like...

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59. Well, I would say that you are still displaying a very limited grasp of history.

Where did I ever ignore any religious wars? And i don't see you supplying a wealth of sources either, just a load of general information. You still haven't ID'd those democratic leaders, yet. So what gives?

"In favor of those 2 or 3 where some historians reference a few atheist leaders and efforts." If you have been around here for any length of time you would have seen many sources quoted ad nauseam. And what does the time period have to do with anything? Over the past century more people were murdered under atheist dictators, and by atheists than all religious wars, and in the 20th century alone.

Huge efforts were put forth to stamp out religion in the USSR, China, East Asia, Eastern Europe, etc. And then you had a little thing called the French Revolution. And of course today a grand effort is being made to force adherence to atheism in Tibet. Atheism the primary goal? I never said that. But A primary goal? Definitely. And much of it was done directly in the name of atheism.

The only thing it proves is that you have a very narrow POV of the various reasons why people do what they do. Question. If given the choice would more people live with freedom of religion or without?