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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

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14. "We have avenged the Prophet"

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2015, 11:22 PM

Jan 2015

That's what the murderers said.

For publishing cartoons.

For insulting Islam.

For insulting the Prophet.

Just the latest religious insanity? Some people really cannot take a joke.

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Gunmen in Paris Kill 12 at Offices of Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo [View all] trotsky Jan 2015 OP

The religion of peace strikes again! AlbertCat Jan 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #6

Religion gives permission for so many murders JDDavis Jan 2015 #2

Religion gives its believers permission for anything. cleanhippie Jan 2015 #3

and that applies to all of them. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2015 #7

100% true cleanhippie Jan 2015 #10

There's already at least one person in GD Rob H. Jan 2015 #8

Cause religious people never doing anything wrong... LostOne4Ever Jan 2015 #9

Kinda like when Christian fanatics bomb a mosque or kill an abortion provider.... RussBLib Jan 2015 #12

I had the thought of... NeoGreen Jan 2015 #4

This witness to the Charlie Hebdo attack is tweeting what he saw wavesofeuphoria Jan 2015 #5

Of course it had nothing to do with religion. Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #11

kudos to the French RussBLib Jan 2015 #13

"We have avenged the Prophet" RussBLib Jan 2015 #14

But the attacks have nothing to do with religion...nothing at all... truebrit71 Jan 2015 #15

if you try to take "religion" out of this equation... RussBLib Jan 2015 #16

No clue, but i've seen it right here that religion wasn't the primary, or secondary, or tertiary... truebrit71 Jan 2015 #17

I've really tried to wrap my head around the idea. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #18