Atheists say that religion is behind much of the crimes, terrorism and wars. They point to 9/11 and some of the conflicts around the world that have a religious nature. They point to the crusades and the inquisition and say the world would be a better place if God was not part of it.
Atheists cry crocodile tears about the crimes of religion, crimes that often go back 500 or 1000 years. The Spanish inquisition over about 300 years killed about 2000 people - that’s 2000 too many, but ....
it's nothing compared to the crimes of atheist regimes, which occurred not in ancient times but during the last century. Mao in China - 60+ Million, Stalin in Russia - 40 million, pol pot, castro, kim jong-il... the crimes of Christianity are the crimes of the past, the crimes of atheism are still very much with us.
Munzly
Mao's crimes were not caused by him being an atheist, but a totalitarian. Totalitarianism, Marxism, Stalinism and Leninism is as much religions as Christianity, in that they require unswerving belief from their adherents.
The one thing that isn't a religion is atheism. Atheism is simply the avoidance of any belief in anything supernatural. It therefore can be applied in many different ways and cannot have a anthropomorphic existences like religions and similar belief systems do. Without anthropomorphism no blame can be attached.