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Old 04-18-2008, 19:35 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dave lukins View Post
Is this what you are talking about?
The Taiping rebellion was not lead by Christianity, it was lead by a man called Hong Xiuquan, who believed himself the brother of Jesus Christ.
Officially 20 - 30 million dead, IIRC when OoE and I were discussing it somewhere or other the number 50 - 60 million was raised as a more likely scenario
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