[The Crusades, Inquisition, and other horrors were done by religious men.]

The argument that these atrocities show the necessity to either do away with the church or that there is no God are fallible. First, let us construct an analogy. Has a democratic society ever done great harm without cause to a group of people? Absolutely. Should we then abandon democracy in the US? No. Then why do people point to the Crusades and Inquisition as a reason to shun religion? Poor reasoning I suppose.