I believe Christopher Hitchens phrased it a little differently.
The title of his best selling book was not that religion is evil, as such.
He tweaked the noses of the fanatical “Allahu Ackbar!” bigots by titling it, “God Is Not Great: (followed by) How Religion Poisons Everything”.
RE: “God Is Not Great: (followed by) How Religion Poisons Everything”.
I guess atheistic governments like the USSR, North Korea, Cuba and Communist China don’t poison at all.