One mustn’t confuse imagination with fantasy.
Christianity has a lovely history of annihilating races in God's name.
"Not that I advocate "christianity", dear PC (peace to you!), but surely such history is not limited to "christianity" - MAN has a history of annihilating man... including entire races... and for many reasons. While it is often most prominent, "in God's name" is only one such reason (and note, please, other religions do so in "God's name", as well). That reason, however, is just an EXCUSE man uses to justify his heinous actions to those who buy it (the excuse). And many do, unfortunately."
No, of course I do not limit such atrocities to Christianity, but as I said, one seems to need God in their life for these things to occur.
We never read how the atheists went on an ethnic cleansing campaign.
"In recent history, no. But you unilaterally rule out tribal conquests, even barbarianism. You forget about the conquests of the moguls, etc. And for some reason you limit such cleansing to "christianity." Not that I support "christianity" in any way, but a whole lot of recent "ethnic cleansing" has been done by one of the "other" three largest religions in the world today. Religion had has a GREAT influence on the destruction of man - absolutely NO doubt about it. But atheism is not without its share. China killed female infants at one time; the former USSR played a role, as well."
What tribes and barbarians were without the veneration of deities? In the cases where atheistic governments lead the charge in the annihilation of race and nations, we are not looking at true atheists, but men boldly usurping the role of the gods and fanatically demanding worship directly. Like bully’s they shove aside the middlemen of religion with one palm held out and turned up, the other grasping and aiming the very big gun of coercion. In any of these instances, we have the worship of either invisible gods or men as gods, the gods of nationalism. A true atheist does not hold a gun to your head asking you to see things their way. True atheists have no factions. They do not wish to dominate. They only wish to loosen the shackles of oppression imposed by religion and the belief in a deity.
Eliminating God from the equation is precisely the first step in liberating the mind. Take away God, and take away the Statist mentality, and the masses begin to question, reason, become rational, and withdraw their consent to war. But bringing the people to lucid and rational thought devoid of the need/demand to appease God and Country is a fabulous first step to having the ability to say no to war and coercion.
PC, Nobody’s Damn Slave