For all the people who say millions have been...?

It's called 'State Atheism' look it up. It's when the government Promotes atheism and persecutes and kills the religious.

Even if an atheist goes and kills someone in the name of atheism no atheists would pay any serious attention to it. With atheism, you can group up with other atheists, but if a random atheist does something stupid, you don't have to share in the blame or make excuses for him.

Oblivion Approaches, if you're comparing rape to disbelief and doubt, you have some very serious issues. Nevertheless, there is more proof that rape has caused murder. Nobody kills in the name of atheism. That's a moronic notion to begin with.

The Khmer Rouge, (Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម Khmer Krahom) literally translated as Red Khmers, was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam. It was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, and Khieu Samphan. Democratic Kampuchea was the name of the state as controlled by the government of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.

This organization is remembered primarily for its policy of social engineering, which resulted in genocide.[1] Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases such as malaria. Arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1975 and 1978, are considered to have constituted genocide.[2]

Stalin killed in the name of creating an oppressive godless strangle state. Why can't you accept that when you want me to be ashamed of myself for the crusades and inquisition and witch trails none of which I had anything to do with?

"killed in the name of" implies that it was done under (not for) that religious philosophy. I am sure the irrelevence of life is perhaps a docrine that led into this sort of behavior.

settle down my friend. we all know religon has abused and killed multi millions. they are just trying to justify theire idology.

Violence on an apocalyptic scale is a creation of faith. Reason, by its nature, disarms senseless cruelty. Faith seeks to justify it.

Good question.

Not necessary.

Everyone knows the history of communism.

Ask the Falun Gong about religious oppression in China.

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I'm not backing up anything.

If you can't learn only 100 years of recent history, there's something wrong with you.