Touche! I was probably being overly difficult.

Although I think the French term might be understood differently, considering they were the founders of the current nation. Terrorism in late-18th century France was a populist movement. They had taken power in the name of democracy and freedom while committing acts of terror against the ancient regime. Like ISIS, they did a lot of bombings and beheadings.

I think the term has been ressurected and popularized today not for any objective purpose, but only to make things sound more terrifying. It might just be me, but it is kind of a funny word... not that terrorism/murder/bombs/beheadings/extreminism are funny things, just the word "terror!" is kind of funny.

it's time to make bullets cost 1000 dollars a pop. so if someone got shot then we'd all know they did something to deserve it.

People would actually go and get jobs to afford a bullet. Maybe 2 jobs.

/s


congress needs to get off their lazy ass and do something to get semi auto weapons out of the market. A weapon design to kill hundreds of people in less than a minute should be illegal. That's a war weapon, not a civilian weapon. /rant

After Sandy Hook we learned there is no number.  At least until the people in mass vote out large sections of congress and replace them with people who want change.

At thi spoint all corner sof this debate just copy paste the same talking points we've gone over dozens of times as it has become sadly routine.  Even say that has now become trite.

If that's actually the case I'm suprised it took so long.

Can't wait for the religious right to connect atheism to violence. Oh wait, they probably already did.

State-atheism (USSR, Red China, Cambodia etc) were one of the most violent movements in history.

The man who chased away the shooter. Edit: there was another shooter earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwYd2kIZxk4

There is no such thing as "state-atheism". Atheism is a belief based on rational thought that a person will find on his own. That's the great thing about atheism, you don't need to be indoctrinated by your parents or the state to find it.

None of the states you mentioned used atheism as a tool to oppress people, simply because there are no atheist policies to use because atheism does not have policies. It just so happened that those states were not ruled my religion.

I was about to say it, but you beat me to it, so I'll just say... pretty much this. I would only change from "belief..." to "disbelief in gods"

Nothing more is needed. No rules or instructions bind every atheist together. It's just an opinion on 1 single subject.

Only one correction. Atheism is not belief based. It is a lack of belief.

Rest is correct. There is no agenda, no doctrine, no rules, nothing of that sort in atheism. Atheism is just a theological position whereas an atheist don't believe in a god or gods.

But some theists, mostly apologists, doesn't understand this simple explanation.