The 20th century — the first universally secular century — is the most violent century in recorded human history.
Most of the violence has been committed by "governments."
Most of the violence committed by "governments" has been against innocent, non-combatant civilians.
Most of the violence committed by "governments" against innocent, non-combatant civilians has been against "their own" citizens, not external "enemies."
The statistics to prove these assertions have been assembled by Prof. R.J. Rummel:
Prof. Rummel's calculations of 20th Century Democide: 262,000,000
Rummel's numbers are not on the high side. Rummel does not include combat deaths and executions in his definition of "democide."
World War II casualties often include civilian deaths which Rummel would classify as "democide.":
We're confident that an average of 10,000 people have been murdered by governments every single day (on average) during the 20th century.
This number does not include abortions, which are legalized murders. Today, approximately 135,000 human beings are put to death every day through abortion.
Governments claim to protect their people from murderers. There are only a few thousand murders per year. Thus, in order to have a "government" protect us from one death, we allow the government to kill hundreds of times more people than it saves.
The
Soviet Government's Holocaust
by Michael Chapman
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark headed an international team of jurists and scholars and convicted the United States of War Crimes in the "Gulf War." Their findings shock the conscience.
Many people claim to be on God's Side. What does God really stand for? What does God stand against? If you believe the Bible tells us anything at all about God, you must admit that God hates violence.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. {12} So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. {13} And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:11-13
If you don't believe the account of Noah's Flood is literal, you must still acknowledge the point of the story: God hates violence.
Yet you won't hear a word about violence in most churches. You seldom hear practical advice on how to follow the Prince of Peace in a world filled with vengeance. When the government declares a "national emergency," or "martial law," "good Christians" are the first to don the brownshirts and kill their brothers and sisters in Christ when the government declares them to be "enemies of the State."
"Christian patriots" support the moral legitimacy of organized murder. This is incredible. They need to read their Bibles and experience a "paradigm shift." Christians must never kill for the Empire.
Rudolph Rummel Talks About the Miracle of Liberty and Peace
The Rule of Hell: Evolution and Genocide
Dresden and Total War: The Triumph of Humanism
Humanist Urges Extermination of 15,000 Per Hour
A Biblical Defense of Pacifism
How a Calvinist Became a Pacifist
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