Helmsman: But to pretend that Christians were not responsible for many of the greatest atrocities in history is not dealing with reality.
The Man: Second, while it is true that atrocities were committed in the name of Christ, it is simply historically imbalanced to speak of them as being among the greatest atrocities in history, because they simply were not.
The Man's statement IS accurate - To say something is among "The greatest atrocities in history," one must point out that the pain and death inflicted by such event is large enough to rank amongst them.
The greatest atrocities in history have still been brought about by state-ordained atheism. China. Vietnam. Korea. Soviet Russia. Germany.
26 million people dead (and counting) as a direct result of mandated atheism. Stop blaming religion for Mankind's evils. Islam may certainly be violent by nature, but it takes mankind to act out on the evils it teaches.
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More correctly, 26 million dead as a direct result of fundamental disregard for the rights of individuals.
(a trait shared by communist totalitarians, and religious fanatics alike)