Christopher Hitchens: 'Did millions die because of 20th century atheism?' - no, I don't think so.
Millions died in the 20th century because of communism. Communist regimes were secular.
Those millions of people weren't killed in the name of atheism, but in the name of socialism and communism.
As Hitch reminded audiences many times and schooled religious devotees about is obvious in history books around the world ... the people that did the bidding of these evil leaders were religious, they weren't secular - this seems like an oversimplification that I don't necessarily agree with.
The truth is that secular regimes killed over 100 million people in the 20th century.