You are right. My apologies. I've been reading too much of r/atheism frontpage today.

We all are human, and have the capacity for horrible actions regardless of atheism, monotheism, or polytheism.

Damn you couldn't be more right. I went off the cuff because I've gotten emotional over the recent hubbub on the frontpge, and I didn't stop to think. I interpreted your statement as the beginning of the whole "the commie ruskies were evil atheists and they killed more people than anyone else..." argument. In second thought my rebuttal didn't even really address this, as what I was basically objecting to in your post was the claim of the USSR being the first atheist state, when there was the obvious precedent of the First French Republic. As an historian, I tend to be picky about that sort of thing. I guess the combination stuck a cord and I lashed out.

I will edit my earlier post, as you do not deserve the scorn.

My apologies.