{{cquote|...it does, however, cast serious doubt on the common atheist assertion that a godless society will be a peaceful one. The significant question has never been if atheism causes political leaders to kill in large quantities, it is why political leaders who happen to be atheist have been inordinately inclined to kill in large quantities.
As I wrote in [http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf TIA], the answer is probably to be found in the fact that atheists who have committed great historical crimes are almost exclusively left-wing atheists with utopian [[utopia]]n visions of restructuring human society; [[Ayn Rand]] atheists aren't exactly known for attempting to violently restructure societal order. This is why atheists like [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Sam Harris]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], and especially [[Michel Onfray]] are far more dangerous than those more akin to [[Daniel Dennett]] and even Richard Dawkins.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2009/01/atheist-demotivator-4.html Atheist Demotivator #4] by Theodore Beal</ref>}}
== Atheists attempting to deny/minimize the roles of atheism/atheists in atheist atrocities ==