I'm a little confused. There must be loads of murders by Atheists every year, just as there are loads of murders by Christians, Muslims etc. This is the first time I've seen it mentioned that a killer is an Atheist.
It is quite interesting to perhap feel what moderate peaceful Muslims go through when one of their radical brothers commits a similar act. There are however a few differences:
1. As an Atheist I don't claim to be any more moral than a Theist, nor would I say that of other Atheists. Religious people often claim that by following their religion they are better. It is this claim that we may counter with examples of religious people doing horrible things.
2. I'm not going to claim that this guy wasn't a "True Atheist".
3. There is nothing in the God Delusion, nor the Atheist Experience, that says anything about killing people. This isn't true of all religious texts.
It is quite interesting to perhap feel what moderate peaceful Muslims go through when one of their radical brothers commits a similar act. There are however a few differences:
1. As an Atheist I don't claim to be any more moral than a Theist, nor would I say that of other Atheists. Religious people often claim that by following their religion they are better. It is this claim that we may counter with examples of religious people doing horrible things.
2. I'm not going to claim that this guy wasn't a "True Atheist".
3. There is nothing in the God Delusion, nor the Atheist Experience, that says anything about killing people. This isn't true of all religious texts.
