Chattanooga Shooter Researched Religious Justification For Violence: Official

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21. Why are people so adamant about NEVER blaming religion for ANYTHING?

Religion is based on mythology and zero evidence, therefore it is make-believe and delusion. People DO act on their delusions. There is a lot of sick, violent, twisted stuff in the Koran, just as in the Bible. These Abrahamic religions have indeed been responsible for many horrific acts over the centuries. We're still dealing with nutbag Christian Bible thumpers in this country who don't think gay people and women deserve equal rights. It's no coincidence that people who are not religious are far more likely to embrace equality.

Religion is a chosen belief system, just like Republicanism. It does NOT deserve a protective bubble around it even though that is what a lot of religions people want and demand, including many on DU. It is not "bigotry" to criticize belief systems. If that were the case, we'd ALL be bigots here on DU because we criticize Republicans.