Man, 54, shoots dead wife, 27, her grandparents and their baby daughter

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

What possesses someone to do such a thing? Is it likely that they're atheist? This isn't a dig at atheists, but do those who truly believe in God do such things?

Man who allegedly shot dead his wife, baby was 'withdrawn' at bar hours before | Daily Mail Online

Why would he shoot his wife if she was dead?

Your thread title and link say two different things!

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

What possesses someone to do such a thing? Is it likely that they're atheist? This isn't a dig at atheists, but do those who truly believe in God do such things?

Man who allegedly shot dead his wife, baby was 'withdrawn' at bar hours before | Daily Mail Online

Sure. BTK serial killer, Dennis Raider, was a church going man right up until he got caught. Still is a Christian from the last I read.

He was originally Muslim but when they found out he only murdered people one at a time they kicked him out.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

What possesses someone to do such a thing? Is it likely that they're atheist? This isn't a dig at atheists, but do those who truly believe in God do such things?

Man who allegedly shot dead his wife, baby was 'withdrawn' at bar hours before | Daily Mail Online

Religion has been used as an excuse for atrocities since whatever the first religion was.

 

[AveryJarhman]

This isn't a dig at atheists, but do those who truly believe in God do such things?

Yup, the bible ppl have a barbaric 'Godgiven' nature.

The Inquisition found him guilty, and he was burned at the stake in Rome's Campo de' Fiori in 1600.

Giordano Bruno - Wikipedia

Peace.