The danger of religion. .

[Aegrus]

State atheism has been a motivating cause of far more oppression in the last 100 years than Christianity has been.

If you need to cherry pick examples from centuries ago to talk about the "danger of religion" when religious people, on the whole, are more charitable, empathetic and mentally healthy than irreligious, then welp.

To support this, you should give examples. But I'll save you the time.

You might point to Hitler, yet Hitler stated in Mein Kampf that, "by defending myself against the jew, I am fighting for the work of the lord."

http://www.nobeliefs.com/Hitler1.htm

You might point to Pol Pot, but he was Buddhist, and stated that he believed in overriding powers of fate. (A god in everything but name.)

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Pol-Pot.html
http://freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Was_Pol...atheist%3F

You might point to Stalin, but Stalin was a Catholic. Note that the Russian Orthodox Catholic Church flourished under his rule, and he was raised Russian Orthodox, at onepoint considering entering the ranks of the clergy. He was branded as an atheist later by the American government during the same surge of Cold War propaganda which put "in god we trust" on American currency.

http://one-evil.org/people/people_20c_stalin.htm

And either way, atheist leaders who did in fact committ atrocities (such as Mao Zedong) didn't do so because of their atheism. They were not motivated to kill for atheism as certain religious people are motivated to kill for their religion. Atheists can certainly be homicidal murderers, but atheism is not the cause for immoral behaviors.