http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE1.HTM<\/a>, 1994]\n 1. 62 million by the Soviets<\/p>\n
2. 35 million by Communist China<\/p>\n
3. 21 million by the Nazis<\/p>\n
4. 10 million by The Depraved Nationalist Regime (China)<\/p>\n
5. 6 million by Japan’s military<\/p>\n
6. 2 million by the Khmer Rouge State<\/p>\n
7. 1.9 million by Turkey’s genocidal purges<\/p>\n
8. 1.7 million by Vietnamese War<\/p>\n G. More people were killed by governments supporting atheism than any religious\nbased war. Notice that Christianity was not behind these mega-deaths.\n H. The conclusion is that Christianity, while not able to completely stop atrocities,\nputs on major breaks against mass killings.\n
V. A thought to consider<\/p>\n A. It’s late at night and you are walking down the streets of a major city. You see a a\ngroup of 10 young men coming toward you. How would you feel? A bit nervous,\nscared?\n 1. What if you then noticed they were carrying Bibles because they just came\nout of a study?\n
2. Suddenly relieved? Why?<\/p>\n B. There is something about Christian teaching that brings better behavior out of\npeople – Matthew 7:12\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Romans 1:28-32 I. Atheism is a religion of destruction A. Its adherents try to destroy the belief system of any contrary belief system 1. It demands proof from others while believing that giving no proof of its own is somehow “proof” 2. 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