If you want to look for somthing to blame when it comes to the suffering man inflicts on each other--you can blame that on sin. Even if you (unfortunately) choose not to believe in that concept, you forget to mention that we can hold different beliefs and still not kill each other, or we can unite in religion and find some other way to kill each other (many ways we inflict suffering other than religious movements).
Let`s look at blame for a minute in the Killing commanded directly by God or as a result of his actions according to the Holy Bible. Just imagine a world without Gods killing or telling their people what to do to each other.
(I don`t believe all these numbers of course that would be impossible in light of my Atheist stance, but Christians are SUPPOSED to..)
Excerpt from:
The Canadian Atheist
Issue 1
The entire population of the earth except for eight survivors (Genesis 7:23).
_Every inhabitant of Sodom and Gomorrah except for one family (Genesis 19:24).
_Every first born of Egypt (Exodus 12:29).
_All the hosts of the Pharaoh, including the captains of 600 chariots
(Exodus 14:27,28).
_Amalek and his people (Exodus 17:11,16).
_3,000 Israelites (Exodus 32:27).
_250 Levite princes who had challenged the leadership of Moses (Numbers 16:140).
_14,700 Jews in a plague who had rebelled against Moses following the killing of the princes (Numbers 16:4149).
_All the people of Bashan, including the king Og (Numbers 21:32-36).
_24,000 Israelites who lived with Moabite women (Numbers 25:4,9).
_All the males, kings, and nonvirgin females of the Midianites. (Numbers 31:7-18).
_The Ammonites (Deuteronomy 2:1921).
_The Horims (Deuteronomy 2:22).
_All the citizens of Jericho, except for a prostitute and her family (Joshua 6:17-25).
_12,000 citizens of Ai. (Joshua 8: 25)
_Joshua hung the king on a tree. (Joshua 8: 29).
_All the people of Makkedah (Joshua 10:28).
_All the people of Libnah (Joshua 10:29,30)
_All the people of Gezer (Joshua 10:33).
_All the people of Lachish (Joshua 10:32).
_All the people of Eglon (Joshua 10:34, 35).
_All the people of Hebron (Joshua 10:36, 37).
_50,000 men for looking into a forbidden “ark” (1 Sam. 6:19)
_42 children killed by bears for teasing a bald guy. (2 Kings 2: 23)
_70,000 Israelites by pestilence. (1Chron. 21:14)
_120,000 Judeans (II Chronicles 28).
_75,000 Persians (Esther 9:16).
_Discriminate slaughter. (Ezekial 9: 6)
-This was all as a result of Sin? pure and simple? I don`t get it.
or we can unite in religion
We will NEVER unite in religion unless a certain religion manages to kill every person who does not believe their way. We can unite in eradicating religion, it`s not hard, there`s nothing we`re asking you to believe here.