Thats not what i was saying at all. But you didnt really address the point of my argument. Im not saying all religiously affiliated crimes against humanity had only religion as the source of motivation. However, it wasnt the religious leaders committing the actual torture and slayings of men, women, and children. It was people being told by said religious leaders that committing these atrocities is what god wanted them to do. Religious leaders of old were just as corrupt and power hungry as the worst politicians of today. I am not saying that they actually believed what they were saying in order to coerce their congregation into torture and murder, just that they justified these actions with use of religion.

The fact of the matter is you didnt actually read my argument and take the time to come up with a well thought out rational response. I didnt say theists do bad things because of god, i said they do bad things because their religious texts, and/or religious leaders tell them that it is the morally right thing to do. I dont think anyone can refute that these days (with all of the religious extremism of late). Perhaps if people didnt follow religious leaders and texts with blind faith then some of these atrocities could have been avoided.

As for the other part of my argument (that you never addressed mind you), the crimes against humanity cited (the cultural revolution in China, and the great purge in the USSR) were not committed in the name of atheism and I dont think anyone would claim otherwise. So the entirety of the point that I made (that the cited atrocities were not committed in the name of atheism, and that many crimes against humanity have been committed in the name of religion) stands irrefuted at this point.