I'm not defending anything that has been done in the name of atheism, simply pointing out that at no time in history has their been total cultural hegemony to t

I'm not defending anything that has been done in the name of atheism, simply pointing out that at no time in history has their been total cultural hegemony to the extent that the behavior of people could be entirely excused by their cultural position. Like I said, I genuinely believe its pointless to assign blame to the dead for things in the past. But if we are speaking of moral judgements in the abstract one's cultural context is only mitigating. It isn't a get out of jail free card.