Mao invaded Korea to impose his set of values and beliefs.  The same is true for every other communist leader who may have been involved in aggression.  They wanted to impose their system on others who had not voted for it.  

In fact, Lenin did that is Russia.  He was never voted in.  His party was the minority.  (The took the name "bolsevick" - majority - in spite of the fact that they never had the majority.)  however, as an unelected minority, he killed a few million people imposing his belief in how to achieve a utopian society.

Of course, you were unable to address the substance of what I said, so you went on a personal attack of sarcasm.

I will give you another chance to avoid what I said.  I said that there were a lot of smart people in history that were religious.  That was the only thing I was talking about it.  

Now you can go on another personal attack that avoids that statement.

Your turn.

forcibly take the resources of another group of people. It's the governing entity of that group who make the decision to go to war. The only connection that religion has on the decision to go to war is to what degree that governing entity is connected to a particular religion. But, it is not the religion or it's beliefs that are the catalyst for war. One of the greatest examples of the above is where the Catholic Church split the world in two, for the exploration, economic development, trade, and some would say plunder, between the countries of Spain and Portugal. So magnanimous of the Church. Of course the Church benefited greatly in the deal.

So, your harping about how many wars have been started about "My God is better than you God," is a bunch of baloney. It's just used as a facade to cover for the real economic issues driving it. Sort of like President Bush knowing he would not get support for invading Iraq unless he could convince most people that they had WMD's. And, most people know he wanted their oil!

Saying God or god exists or doesn't is the same thing. Both are a matter of belief. Neither can be "proven," in the literal sense of the word.

In fact, the basis of religion is a recognition of the fact that it is a belief THAT CANNOT be proven.  That is why Catholics talk of the "leap of faith."  You can't prove it, but you believe it.  

The difference between the strident religious person and the striden athiest is that the religious person recognizes it is his believe.  The non-religious may not recognize that their position is equally unprovable and a matter of belief.

You are awesome!