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@nattygov Don't blame islam? Why not?
You just say 'don't blame islam', is Islam not part of it? not part of what those terrorgroups use to their advantage? Would they do this without Islam or religion?
How about the islamic rule in Saudi? Cut peoples heads of for simply NOT BEING MUSLIMS, or for saying god it false etc? They KILL people for being atheists, is that not to blame on Islam also?
How about 'islamic law',Is that also not to blame on islam?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia-
@stigatle @nattygov Pardon the interjection here, but Islam is the excuse, not the reason. Now, it is definitely a factor in this, there is no denying it, but in the absence of Islam, these kinds of individuals would find another means to do what they are doing presently. Evil is a universal language as much as good is. That said, there are a great deal of things that have been excused by religion that are rephrehensible, and this needs to be acknowledged. Only when they are can they be resolved. People would not be anti-theist so much if theism was not used as a catch-all excuse for doing bad things to people. But we also have to realize, if they weren't using religions as an excuse, they'd be using something else. (Race, sex, orientation, etc etc)
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