RE: In before...
February 11, 2015 at 12:26 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 12:27 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
(February 11, 2015 at 12:23 pm)NuclearJaguar Wrote: I think it's important as an atheist community to tackle this head on, and condemn this behaviour in other atheists, rather than running away from it and taking the "no true scotsman" mentality. That would be hypocritical, since atheism often criticises religous people for refusing to comment on the radicals.
Murder is murder, disliking a religion doesn't give you carte blanche to murder innocent people. My thoughts and condolences go out to the victims and their families.
I don't really see how we could possibly pull a "no true scotsman" though. The guy is an atheist, as much as Stalin or Bill Gates or me. There's no denying that. I'm more concerned about what the hell motivated him to take the lifes of three average innocent humans. If he held violent beliefs, not only anti-theistic beliefs but anti-theist beliefs (against theists themselves), that's a far clearer motivation for his actions than simply "i don't believe god exists".
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
