RE: Islam, a growing threat to the free world?
October 2, 2010 at 10:09 am
(This post was last modified: October 2, 2010 at 10:11 am by Existentialist.)
Quote:Quote:You could do the same with atheist terrorism if you wanted, the Red Army Faction come to mind.
Is there a cause/effect relationship at work? Does not believing in God or in any religion inherently promote violence?
Believing in God or religion, and not believing in God or religion, are equally non-causal of violence. Violence is perpetrated by people, for humanist reasons: alienation, resource deprivation, resistance to oppression. Whatever the apparent reason, only the individual can take responsibility for their violence.