I am at a loss for words. “Backwards, evil asshole” just doesn’t quite cover this.

No, but it’s a good start. I guess he doesn’t think it’s a “sin” to be a vile, hateful prick who wishes suffering and death on others, huh?

I know you’re an atheist and probably won’t agree with me, but I don’t think it’s religion that makes these people like this—it’s just something they use as an excuse—it’s comes from inside them, not from any external source. If they didn’t have religion, they’d invent something similar to it so that they could point to it as a valid basis for feeling superior and behaving with such cruel nastiness.