Atheism is actually a very cut and dry umbrella term that includes agnosticism. Are you absolutely, without a doubt, wholly convinced by arguments that a god exists? If not, you are an atheist. The degree, from anywhere to being absolutely certain there is no god (strong atheism, or anti-theism) to varying degrees of agnosticism/uncertainty. Atheism is not a dogma. It has no creed, no moral dictates, no lifestyle guide, nothing to say on the subject of taking action. It is a position on supernatural belief, and tying the horror Stalinist Russia to a simple “they killed them because they were atheists” is misleading, if not outright incorrect. Also, although historians cannot know the true nature of Hitler’s belief or unbelief (he goes back and forth in public statements and journal entires) but he never renounced his Roman Catholocism, and his regime has the tacit support of the Vatican. But that’s just to clarify.
I’m not interested in this game of “who killed more,” because it’s not a worthwhile question, and doesn’t really convince people of either position. It’s kind of a red herring in the debate of what position is true.

David Yoder

Crusaders was half a popular phenomenon and half a civilization-wide semi-official semi-unofficial reaction to the rise of islamic empires. You can view it as greco-roman socialists battling arabo-turkish socialists, with symbolic reference points that inspired those who needed symbols for themselves or to counter others, and helped concretize expeditions.

Religious organization wise, except for the extremes?, their voter ratio seems 5:5 or 4:6 for reps:dems… Republican party is a legitimate wing of American democracy… Democratic enthusistas should perhaps seriously consider secession/splitting the federation in half, or moving out, cause 50% will remain Republican for quite some time, if not forever, looking at the lack of development in American political ideology…

That said, I’m not a fan of overzealous christianity or any other religion, whether they have a history of violence or not. I’m also against buddhism, especially the ones misinterpreted by new age wannabes, and against atheism… Atheism is largely a terminological illusion. Agnostic is often the more accurate term, misleading too. And damn, atheism-thought-to-bes has killed more than the islamic terrorists and crusaders.

Hello Stalinism, Maoism, Hiterlism. Godless populistic rationalist planning states done a hell of a job killing. Both extremes suck. And its not about organized religion, but either populistic spiritual laziness/stagnation/reliance on a static interpretation of the world and ethics, or individualistic imagination running out of control.