How would you respond to a person killing someone else because God told him to?

[Godhead]

EvF -

I'm sure you don't think it's true any more than I do. If I said that atheists are scumbags you'd probably have something to say about it, my point being that I'm curious as to why Minimalist feels so threatened by theists to such an extent as to lash out like that, rather than any offence or any feeling on my part that there's any truth to his statement.

[Minimalist]

Minimalist -

That's a bit strong, isn't it? Scumbags, theists? How so?

Fuck no. I'm being polite.


Did you read those two stories? Or are you the kind who blithely disregards the crimes that the religious commit when they think god is on their side?

[Godhead]

Minimalist -

You're talking about certain religious people, and equating that with theism per se, and in so doing you're failing to provide any demonstration that theism per se is dangerous in any way whatsoever. What you've done is a classic error which is to jump to an incorrect assumption based on the actions of a minority. Which goes back to the bitterness and anger discussed last night on the other thread.

[Edwardo Piet]

He may be generalizing a little bit but at least his posts make sense.