so gods were the original boogeymen -- obey me, or else they'll get you.

now we have a pope who is a boogeyman -- obey me, or else the evil atheists will get you.  you know, the modern nazis.  what a horrible thought! i shudder to think what would happen if an atheist actually had influence over a theist child -- the child might turn into an atheist!  and then, like pot leading to smack, they'll turn into little nazis.  (ratzinger should know; he was a hitler youth.)  god forbid ...