(December 14, 2017 at 6:41 pm)Cyberman Wrote: Yeah, but as motivators go religion takes some beating, plus you get a sweet sense of moral superiority to go along with it. Not to mention that it doesn't seem to be very effective at preventing those things.
Ever heard about the Vegas shooter?
The guy snapped, no thanks to religion, and -ironically just like religious terrorists- inflicted a deadly storm of rounds that dropped about 50 or 60 civilians, in a concert.
Another story goes, as a selfish fuck who fooled some Christian people, not through promises of heaven; but through promises of gold. The assholes robbed Constantinople and caused the defeat of the Eastern Roman Empire. No religion was included actually; they were just hungry. Actually religion told them not to rob; but they did it anyways.
There is also a very big atheist asshole called Joseph Stalin. He wasn't just from Georgia, he also claimed he is a defender of the rights of the workers, and was against religion, in theory and practice. He had a very bloodthirsty life that killed so many.
I think the problem is humans. All kill you and blame somebody or something else for it: logic; race; religion; God; nationalism.. reasons differ, but man is the same. Killing is the same.
