"When Islam is tragically hijacked by violence" Remember when this guy used to be opposed to religion in general? Someone actually opposed to religion would say that Islam, like other religions, is inherently susceptible to such "hijacking".https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/1019566464569892866 …
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IIRC, he has previously blamed religion for a great many acts of violence, implying if not outright stating that religion causes violence.
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I would expect he would feel like he has to make such a statement in a nondiscriminatory way, though. "Religion drives people to violence" vs. "Islam drives people to violence"
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yep like Hector Avalos
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Starting with the premise that most violence is the result of real or perceived scarce resources, Avalos persuasively argues that religion creates new scarcities on the basis of unverifiable or illusory criteria. https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Words-Origins-Religious-Violence-ebook/dp/B00AA6MPFC/?ie=UTF8&tag=richardcarrier-20 …
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