That is not the only thing that he said, it was the opposite to make his previous statement more prominent.

Congratulations on being caught by the title and completely missing the whole argument.

Imagine if I came out and said: "I'm an atheist and I don't need God to tell me to treat people well, love freedom, help the needy and be a nice person... no longer can I justify killing, pillaging and raping using the word of God."

And you put all focus on "I justify killing, pillaging and raping using the word of God"