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dimbear

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13. I, personally, don't go about blowing up other folks. Why? It seems wrong to me.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 03:55 PM

Apr 2013

As an atheist, it's impossible for me to see any ethical system where that is justified. OTOH, within radical Islam, or within radical Christian cults of certain stripes, there clearly do exist kinds of justification for these evil actions.

Someone will be able to trot out an example of some atheist who blew up something. I ask you to play the numbers, consider it all statistically. When you hear the phrase IED, what comes to mind really?

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Was Islam Responsible for the Boston Bombings, or Was “Internet Islam”? [View all] rug Apr 2013 OP

Islam had zero to do with it. grantcart Apr 2013 #1

I don't disagree. rug Apr 2013 #2

It wasn't Islam (internet or otherwise that radicalized them). It was their own bitter grantcart Apr 2013 #3

So religion has nothing to do with it, but your argument starts with 'he married a Christian' Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #7

Sexually frustrated? You mean the married man with a kid? How on Earth would you know that? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #4

His abusive relationship with women has been well reported, including a criminal conviction: grantcart Apr 2013 #11

No psychologist with any degree of skill would diagnose from a newspaper clipping Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #12

As far as I can tell, there have always been people who do stuff like this: struggle4progress Apr 2013 #5

Do you think the internet provides an ideology to attach to? rug Apr 2013 #6

There's no particular "internet ideology." Excessive internet use may prevent some people struggle4progress Apr 2013 #8

No there isn't but it does distill ideologies. rug Apr 2013 #9

I think "Crazy Mama" had a role in that mess. MADem Apr 2013 #10

I, personally, don't go about blowing up other folks. Why? It seems wrong to me. dimbear Apr 2013 #13

The universal trait behind these acts is desperation. rug Apr 2013 #14

Demonstrably false Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #15

perhaps it is desperation that motivates these acts.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #16

Desperate people often turn to self destruction, sometimes for the best, but never dimbear Apr 2013 #17

How committed these two were to Islam will not be know for awhile or never completely. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #18