Religion has caused more death and misery than any other cause in history. My God is the best God so you need to worship my God. So many wars and subsequent death and suffering could have been avoided by folks just minding their own mother f"ing business. Unfortunately, we're just not wired that way.
yes,religion has been responsible for more murder than any other force in history thru fomenting wars and attempted,often successful resource grabs and wiping out non agreerers. Christianity being amongst the worst. it has killed more people than Hitler could have dreamed of. Islam got a later start but is working hard to catch up. this does refer to "organized" religion. but is there another kind? it seems that the group joining reflex we have makes being part of a group basic to our nature. the murderous political movements in the 20th century,communism and fascism,really functioned like religions in their followers beliefs and behaviors. even Buddhism with a peaceful philosophy,like original Christianity,is also very complicit mass destruction of lives. Temujin,Tamerlane,steppe conquerors in general seem to be amongst the few mass murders with no Religious underpinnings,just robbery,murder and destruction for their own sakes.
the Jews views and actions need no explanation. the green movement,LGBTQ,most other current political movements also function in a divide and destroy methodology. the response to Covid worked in somewhat the same way. seems to me like some flaw in our nature arising from our evolutionary past requiring group membership to survive has gotten out of control over the last 3K years or so.
the weapons of destruction have gotten too deadly in the last 100 years. outcome tends to look bleak.