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Beastly Boy

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27. The Catholic Church killed an estimated
Sun Jul 30, 2023, 08:56 PM
Jul 2023

1.2 billion people TOTAL in its 2,000 years of existence. That's an estimated 600,000 people per year, including Catholics and non-Catholics.
https://churchreaders.com/how-many-people-has-the-catholic-church-killed/#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20report%20from%20The%20Guardian%2C%20since,million%20were%20forcibly%20converted%2C%20often%20against%20their%20will.%E2%80%9D


The Chinese Communist Party killed an estimated 80 million, nearly all Chinese, since it came to power 80 years ago. That's an estimated 1 million per year That doesn't count how many they killed during the Civil War.
https://qa.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_has_the_Chinese_Communist_Party_killed

Give them a break, OK? They are well on course to catch up with the Catholic Church in half the time!

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What claudette Jul 2023 #1
Chinese Communist Party. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #5
Thanks claudette Jul 2023 #8
👍 Joinfortmill Jul 2023 #2
No organization in history has lifted more people out of poverty prodigitalson Jul 2023 #3
Come here to China and live under it for a while. You'll change your tune fast. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #4
name another organization that has so dramatically raised the standard of living of so many people prodigitalson Jul 2023 #6
I'm not going to waste my time discussing a murdering government's economic actions AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #7
here prodigitalson Jul 2023 #11
Again, I live here and have for over 12 years. I'll trust what I see when I go to my wife's hometown AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #12
I'm not going to defend their political repression... prodigitalson Jul 2023 #24
They achieved their economic prowess through political repression. You laud the effect, not the AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #29
Your link shows CCP ruling over quarter of a century of abject poverty and stagnation in China. Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #17
Now, $h!t, you got my attention BlueIn_W_Pa Jul 2023 #23
The Catholic Church prodigitalson Jul 2023 #26
The Catholic Church killed an estimated Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #27
Last I checked 1.2 billion is more than 80 million prodigitalson Jul 2023 #28
What is this love affair you have with the CCP? You really do sound like either a foreign shill AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #30
I teach many students in China everyday. prodigitalson Jul 2023 #32
That's nice. When you live here as long as I have, you can tell me all about it. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #33
if you hate it so much leave, I doubt they would miss you prodigitalson Jul 2023 #34
My wife is Chinese. When she gets her green card, we're both out of here AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #35
I'm sure all of china will be saddened by your departure prodigitalson Jul 2023 #36
You really are rude and aloof. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #39
Last I checked, 80 years is less than 2000 years. Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Martin68 Jul 2023 #37
don't put words in my mouth prodigitalson Jul 2023 #38
And I promptly demonstrated how ridiculous your answer is. Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #40
Easy to do when you kill off so many people as Mao and the CCP did BlueIn_W_Pa Jul 2023 #15
It's also easy when you change the requirements for poverty by constantly lowering the poverty level AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #21
lol, true BlueIn_W_Pa Jul 2023 #22
was there a specific incident, or is this just a generic hate post Blues Heron Jul 2023 #9
It's a generic hate post, but it's also based on what the CCP has done here to destroy the culture AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #10
Any chance a post like this is risky for you? femmedem Jul 2023 #13
I doubt they would monitor here. It's not like youtube or facebook, which they do monitor AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #14
Haven't heard from you in FOREVER !!! I hope you and your wife are doing well. I never saw any Karadeniz Jul 2023 #16
I posted about that a LONG time ago. We're still working on the green card AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #18
I lived in Japan for 20 years and traveled all over Lisa. I entirely understand your abhorrence of Martin68 Jul 2023 #19
Hypocritical Chinese whining, jingoism, lack of respect while demanding complete respect, AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #20
I would welcome their collapse as well. prodigitalson Jul 2023 #25
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