If terrorists of all religious faiths knew there was no afterlife - how would they behave?

[Godboy]

The latest attacks in Paris prompt my question. Would humankind be more peaceful or more violent? Is religion the problem or the solution? This thread applies equally to all religions - but most specifically to Christianity and Islam. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Leave Christianity out of this you bigot. This is a Muslim problem exclusively.

Even as an atheist, i wholeheartedly agree.

 

[Blackrook]

The latest attacks in Paris prompt my question. Would humankind be more peaceful or more violent? Is religion the problem or the solution? This thread applies equally to all religions - but most specifically to Christianity and Islam. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Also keep the following in mind:

Most of the terrorist activity in the U.S. in recent years has come not from Muslims, but from radical Christianists, white supremacists and far-right militia groups.

10 of the Worst Terror Attacks by Extreme Christians and Far-Right White Men

If you start with a bald-faced lie, then don't expect anyone to take you seriously.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"If terrorists of all religious faiths knew there was no afterlife - how would they behave?"

The same – their acts of terror have little to do with 'religion,' if at all.

 

[Spinster]

This is a contradicting question. If terrorists had any faith in a hereafter they wouldn't be terrorists, would they? Terrorists, no matter what "religion" they ascribe to, are instruments of satan, period! They are deceived individuals, plain and simple.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

"If terrorists of all religious faiths knew there was no afterlife - how would they behave?"

The same – their acts of terror have little to do with 'religion,' if at all.

Yeah that explains screaming Allah Akbar. Good gawd

 

[Lakhota]

"If terrorists of all religious faiths knew there was no afterlife - how would they behave?"

The same – their acts of terror have little to do with 'religion,' if at all.

Do evil people just use religion as an "excuse" to commit evil acts?

 

[Lakhota]

Many religious people believe in a hereafter. How would they behave if they knew there was NOT a hereafter?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Many religious people believe in a hereafter. How would they behave if they knew there was NOT a hereafter?

And Hindus are big fans of chick fil a.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The latest attacks in Paris prompt my question. Would humankind be more peaceful or more violent? Is religion the problem or the solution? This thread applies equally to all religions - but most specifically to Christianity and Islam. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Well...maybe like the atheists...who believe there is no one to hold them to account so they murdered 100 million innocent men, women and children......

You statue bowing, drunken, kiddy fiddler vermin have slaughtered more people throughout the centuries as anyone, the muslims have a long way to catch up to your ilk

Obviously you celebrate every time Muslims kill non-Muslims, especially white Americans.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Well...maybe like the atheists...who believe there is no one to hold them to account so they murdered 100 million innocent men, women and children......

Crazy ass white people

are you saying atheists didn't murder 100 million innocent men, women and children...?

Are you saying white people didn't murder 100 million innocent men, women, and children... ?

Nope....never said that.....socialists white people...and black people, and asian people murdered 100 million people....

Don't forget the socialist mao...he was chinese...not European...and pol pot....

And Rwanda.....

White Christians slaughtered over 100 million Native Americans - but please address the thread questions.

And before "White Christians" came to this hemisphere natives over the centuries slaughtered countless #'s of other natives.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

My Atheist friends are as moral and honorable as my Christian friends.

Do your Christian friends know the way you talk about them behind their backs ?

 

[Lakhota]

My Atheist friends are as moral and honorable as my Christian friends.

Do your Christian friends know the way you talk about them behind their backs ?

Generally yes, but I am usually more respectful around them - unless they care to travel into the abyss. I have great respect for good people who are genuinely religious. I live with one.

 

[Lakhota]

The latest attacks in Paris prompt my question. Would humankind be more peaceful or more violent? Is religion the problem or the solution? This thread applies equally to all religions - but most specifically to Christianity and Islam. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Well...maybe like the atheists...who believe there is no one to hold them to account so they murdered 100 million innocent men, women and children......

You statue bowing, drunken, kiddy fiddler vermin have slaughtered more people throughout the centuries as anyone, the muslims have a long way to catch up to your ilk

Obviously you celebrate every time Muslims kill non-Muslims, especially white Americans.

Why would I do that?

 

[Lakhota]

Crazy ass white people

are you saying atheists didn't murder 100 million innocent men, women and children...?

Are you saying white people didn't murder 100 million innocent men, women, and children... ?

Nope....never said that.....socialists white people...and black people, and asian people murdered 100 million people....

Don't forget the socialist mao...he was chinese...not European...and pol pot....

And Rwanda.....

White Christians slaughtered over 100 million Native Americans - but please address the thread questions.

And before "White Christians" came to this hemisphere natives over the centuries slaughtered countless #'s of other natives.

That is somewhat true; however, the whites who invaded were "supposedly" more civilized and religious.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The latest attacks in Paris prompt my question. Would humankind be more peaceful or more violent? Is religion the problem or the solution? This thread applies equally to all religions - but most specifically to Christianity and Islam. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Well...maybe like the atheists...who believe there is no one to hold them to account so they murdered 100 million innocent men, women and children......

You statue bowing, drunken, kiddy fiddler vermin have slaughtered more people throughout the centuries as anyone, the muslims have a long way to catch up to your ilk

Obviously you celebrate every time Muslims kill non-Muslims, especially white Americans.

Why would I do that?

My comment was directed at "goono".

 

[whitehall]

Are lefties going to trot out statistics on every murder since 9-11 and try to call it terrorism? How absurd. It's not only insulting to the poor people in France who were murdered by Islamic terrorists yesterday but also the families of the 3,000 people murdered by Islamic terrorists while they sat at their desks on a pretty morning in September 2001.

 

[aris2chat]

The latest attacks in Paris prompt my question. Would humankind be more peaceful or more violent? Is religion the problem or the solution? This thread applies equally to all religions - but most specifically to Christianity and Islam. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Also keep the following in mind:

Most of the terrorist activity in the U.S. in recent years has come not from Muslims, but from radical Christianists, white supremacists and far-right militia groups.

10 of the Worst Terror Attacks by Extreme Christians and Far-Right White Men

Nice thought but you would be be fighting thousands of years of absolute beliefs. Can't wipe that away with a wet cloth

 

[Lakhota]

The latest attacks in Paris prompt my question. Would humankind be more peaceful or more violent? Is religion the problem or the solution? This thread applies equally to all religions - but most specifically to Christianity and Islam. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Also keep the following in mind:

Most of the terrorist activity in the U.S. in recent years has come not from Muslims, but from radical Christianists, white supremacists and far-right militia groups.

10 of the Worst Terror Attacks by Extreme Christians and Far-Right White Men

Nice thought but you would be be fighting thousands of years of absolute beliefs. Can't wipe that away with a wet cloth

That's not my point. The thread question is my point. Is evil the driver or is religion the driver - or both?

 

[Lakhota]

I still have visions of hundreds of armed, scared and minimally-trained Parisians with pistols (who want to live) blasting away in the dark at highly-trained suicide terrorists with automatic weapons (who want to die). Anyone else have those visions?

 

[EverCurious]

It is not the religion, but the leaders who abuse it. If the followers were not led by promises of an afterlife, then there would be another "cookie" provided to them.

Ultimately, all religions have the potential to be used for good, or bad. It is the leaders that must be held accountable, not the religion itself. Though some blame must also fall upon the shoulders of those who "blindly" follow commands.