Cor, I got cut off mid-flow there. Here's what my whole post looks like:

Well you may have a point, but, atheist though I am, I have always defended religion against accusations of atrocities "done in the name of religion". I don't care for religion but I'm going to base my arguments on reality, thank you. Almost every holy war or conflict ostensibly grounded in religious hostility has actually been far more to do with politics and downright naked imperialism. And I think the same applies to accusations about atheism waging wars on religion. Wars are about jostling for power and domination on the one hand and freedom-fighting on the other. God may be a convenient wagon to hitch your war-horses to in order to sucker people into your quest for dominion, but it's a rickety owld thing that usually ends up in a ditch before you reach your battlefield. Same applies to atheism. Why wouldn't it?