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Old 12-15-2010, 06:50 PM   #158
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Beyond that, don't forget the "Great Leap Forward" by Mao, which killed tens of millions (some say 40 million), and Stalin's Ukraine famine which by comparison, only killed about 10 million. But hey, they were atheists so somehow they don't count.

It's pretty much always greed. Other things are just excuses. In almost every religious conflict, greed is the real motivator.
What do either of those examples have to do with greed?

Both are pretty much ideological fanaticism - in my book that's a hell of a lot nearer to religion than greed.
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