In the talk w @RichardDawkins at The Orpheum, @SamHarrisOrg made a great point re this idea that terrorists just use Islam to be evil /1
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That they'd be evil anyway, regardless of their ideology. That idea when expanded to other religious ppl, is shown to be ridiculous /2
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A parent who refuses to approve a blood transfusion and their child dies--is not a homocidal person looking for an excuse to kill. /3
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But, as usual, there's this pervasive idea that Muslims are somehow a different species-that they don't react to indoctrination like any /4
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other human. There are not a disproportionate amount of killers amongst ppl from Muslim majority countries. They are ppl like you and me /5
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But they've been indoctrinated w hate and they honestly feel that murdering innocent ppl is the righteous thing to do. /6
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Just like all religious ppl, Muslims will do anything to please their god. Including agreeing to kill their own son, like Abraham did. /7
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