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In reply to the discussion: Norwegian Muslims volunteer to protect synagogue [View all]stone space
(6,498 posts)68. Not a straw man. You said it here:
Unfortunately their interpretation is just as valid as the monsters who lop off heads.
This is a reflection of your own personal value judgment, and most certainly does not correspond to my own atheist values.
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Obviously, religion does not cause the violent acts. Hate-filled people do that.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#3
Not born in a vacuum, that is correct. Millions of peaceful Muslims, Christians, etc. are models.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#7
"In the name of Islam" done by corrupted & lost souls or be a false flag, they ain't real adherents.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#10
You've not shown that he was raised in a loving family or a benevolent spiritual base
Leontius
Feb 2015
#26
Islam is also about chopping off the heads of 21 coptic christians because, you know, "love".
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2015
#25
I didn't say it was. i said I think his anti-theism had something to do with it.
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#43
My LACK of belief in god(s) forms nothing of my world view, outside answering whether or not
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#45
That wasn't the point in the link between religious sources, and religious implementers of violent
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#47
Atheism doesn't 'interact with personalities' any more than any other idea.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#58
A similar experience would be that at some point going backward in their memory
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#87
Still haven't figured out how to post with the site's copyright policy?
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#44
"Unfortunately their interpretation is just as valid as the monsters who lop off heads." (nt)
stone space
Feb 2015
#77
The point is, your atheist values aren't any use in deciding the validity of Muslim beliefs
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2015
#84
They're how *you* view the world; you don't get to be the judge of "valid Muslim beliefs"
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2015
#88