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And the atheistic regimes of the 20th century were better than that?

Ones like the USSR under Lenin and Stalin?

China under Mao?

Cambodia under Pol Pot?

Name me one atheistic government which has the benevolence which has been demonstrated by the USA and much of Europe.

Betty boop is right. Atheists are, at the moment, living on the coattails of a society what was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.

You can point to groups that have perpetrated evil in the name of religion. People will use anything to justify their actions. But when you get to the basics of what Christianity is about, there is no justification for that evil.

It's interesting that so many atheists point to evil done in the name of religion in their efforts to tear down Christianity, but never point to people who do good in the name of their religion.

Look at Mother Theresa. The Amish reaction when that gunman gunned down those school girls in PA.

Why not use those as examples of what Christianity can lead to, especially since they clearly follow the teachings of Christ?

The Inquisition and similar Christian movements made life a living hell for the Jews.

Don’t assume that the history of Christianity is all peaches and cream, only because you restrict your perspective to the last 200 years or so, alone, which is when secular forces tamed this religion.

Communist regimes are destructive. No argument about that. But don’t blame Atheism for Stalin’s pogroms that he ran for political purposes. They didn’t believe in no god- they made Stalin, god. Likewise, Pol Pot and the others. “Dear Leader” is an offshoot of this belief system- and not Atheism. Hitler wasn’t an Atheist. He was raised Catholic. Stalin had a religious background, too. In fact, the latter attended a seminary, and did well there.

Ayn Rand was an Atheist. Likewise, some of the most eminent Founding Fathers (Deism is a precursor of it). Do they even show a whiff of the madness that the Communists and Socialists are eager to spout? Quite the contrary, wouldn’t you say?

"In my soul I feel just that terrible pain of loss,” she wrote in 1959, “of God not wanting me — of God not being God — of God not existing.” According to the book, this inner turmoil, known by only a handful of her closest colleagues, lasted until her death in 1997."

During her crisis of faith, did Mother Teresa turn into a monster?