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We can discuss which religions were guilty of the most persecution, and we'll be arguing about the details for a while. (It is interesting to note, however, that the "Spanish Inquisition," which is rightfully condemned and is used as an example of Christian religious persecution, resulted in "only" an estimated 3,000 - 5,000 deaths over several decades or even hundreds of years.

Compare that number to the numbers resulting from atheistic religions like socialism (including Nazism) and communism in only the 20th century. Nazism was responsible for at least 11 million deaths in its death camps. Communism in the Soviet Union is estimated to have resulted in the deaths of its own citizens from as "few" as 21 million to 85 million or more. There may be no way to ever know, but some estimate the total deaths in the communist Soviet Union, communist China, and other similar socialist and communist countries to be 150 million or more.