I'm not telling you what you believe. Nor have I stated "Christians all......". That's what you have done. however. So it's not pot-kettle. I am basing your beliefs solely on what you have stated they are. You, however, keep telling me what I believe based on your own thoughts regarding what "atheists" think. Maybe others have broad brushed you, but I certainly haven't.

Religion has plenty of blood on its hands. And you know it. THAT's pot-kettle. The Communists were not bad because they lacked God. They were bad because their political philosphy is one where individual rights do not matter. Further, as someone who was born Catholic you should well know the wonderful things that church has done throughout history. I'm not blaming God for that, however. Just his spokespeople.

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Assuming that occurred, it has nothing to do with atheism. The fact that the country's government is not based on some religion is irrelevant. There are religious and non-religious governments and people with equally blood-stained hands.

I agree. Religious and non religious both draw much blood. I think that the way to look at it is that they are human. And humans do some raunchy stuff.

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Right. The fact people have done bad things wasn't the fault of religion or the lack thereof. It's because people always find a way to do bad things. Some in the name of religion, some in the name of politics, some because it's just fun.

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The tenents of Christianity are that humans have original sin. All of us.
The only salvation for this is through belief in Jesus as Son of God who died to
wipe the slate clean with God.

Any Christian who kills in the name of God trying to convert is NOT a Christian.

What has defeated the evils of Facism and Communism and kept them in check has been Nations which are
predominantly Christian in their value systems.

What is waging the war against Jihadist Islam and keeping them in check are the Nations which are predominantly
Christian in their value systems.

The freedoms allowed within the U.S. and other free Nations have been bought and paid for by the Christian value system.

To think otherwise is denying the reality of modern history.

I realize that's your take. But it's not in the standard definition of Christian. And certainly I think it's safe to conclude that actions undertaken by a church or a priest or a pope qualifies as having been done by a Christian.

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“A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.”

Patton won every campaign he participated in. The same cannot be said of his well thought of opponents and enemies. Ultimately that is how the professional keeps score in these types of affairs.

I will ignore the logical contradiction resulting from your wording, because there's a more important, less pedantic issue.

While you may call the person "NOT a Christian" because he doesn't follow all the morals of Christianity, he still calls himself "Christian". There have been many religious holy wars in the past, violence done for the sake of religion, even if you might consider them to be against the religion's values.

I do not blame the religion, anyway. No matter what your belief, if you take up a tribalistic, us-versus-them stance with anything, things resembling holy wars can occur. Religion can result in this attitude, but so can patriotism and many other things which are often praised.

While such causes may unite people, they only unite some people, and dehumanize everyone else.

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A very familiar and common example of this is gangs. People group up with the united cause of protecting their turf against "the others"... Pointless violence ensues. United causes strip reason and morality from people.

I'm not denying the Spanish Inquisition, Pedophilic priest scandals, Preacher scams absconding with donations made in good faith.

Christianity accepts that humans are flawed and will fall to temptations.
Success is measured by how far you bounce after you've hit bottom.

You still seem to want to limit the discussion of Faith to the logical syllogisms of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Western thought is shaped by these also. However logic alone won't give you the courage to stand for your set of beliefs and enter the battlefield, where the only honor and nobility to human existence is truly experienced.

The rest is just going through the motions of day to day pedestrianism.

You treat logic as though it is some kind of mainstream lifestyle, while there are alternatives or something... Logic is the means by which you derive truths from other truths, nothing more. Courage is certainly not even related to logic, nor to this conversation. I'm arguing with you, not trying to amp you up for a battle. In argument, logic is the relevant tool, not cheering and comforting.