Posted: Jul 18, 2017 2:39 pm
Thomas Eshuis wrote:quas wrote:DavidMcC wrote:Where do you live, quas? America? Where I come from, you would talk to the police about your concerns.
What if the police doesn't do anything, because they think there isn't enough evidence to make an arrest? Certainly you'd feel compelled to take action! In the event that you truly believe I am capable of sending your child to hell, can you trust the police to have me arrested?
How is that different from someone capable of killing my child, regardless of religious beliefs?
That's the thing, it's perfectly okay to kill someone if you have good reason to believe he might endanger your loved ones. But that doesn't usually happen, because most people don't live next to serial killers. But when you are religious, and you have a neighbour who believed differently, it's as if you are living next to a killer. That's the most dangerous thing about religious beliefs, it makes it rational to kill those who believed differently.