Religion of Peace?

[Atreus21]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224...jA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNhdGhlaXNtYm9va2Y-

Guy was burning down churches.

I don't hold that this is proof of anything.

My point is to illustrate that if this had been a Muslim, a Catholic, or a Jew, in similar circumstances with related arson attempts, there'd have been a meltdown on this forum.

I admit the article is vague yet.

 

[HumblePie]

Court records say books on demons and atheism as well as rifles and knives were found in a home linked to one of the suspects in a string of church fires in eastern Texas.

Somehow I don't think the guy was really an aethist.

This version CORRECTS that court records did not specify to whom the home belonged

And it might not be his home in the first place....

 

[Atreus21]

Somehow I don't think the guy was really an aethist.



And it might not be his home in the first place....

As I said it was vague.

Whether the guy was an atheist or not, assuming it was his house, the question is what he motivated by it?

 

[DaveSimmons]

> "Investigators searching a home Sunday in rural Grand Saline where Bourque's girlfriend and family live discovered paperback books titled "Demon Possession" and "The Atheist's Way,"

"Demon possession" is a book a religious nut would buy, not an atheist. Also, both books could have been purchased by the girlfriend or family.

He might be a crazy atheist or crazy demon-slayer but there isn't much evidence of either yet.

> Bourque and McAllister, described as childhood friends who used to attend the First Baptist Church in Ben Wheeler,

... or someone lashing out after being abused by a pedophile priest. Who knows?

 

[Juddog]

The guy was a Satanist, in other words a faction of Christianity.

 

[LumbergTech]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224...jA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNhdGhlaXNtYm9va2Y-

Guy was burning down churches.

I don't hold that this is proof of anything.

My point is to illustrate that if this had been a Muslim, a Catholic, or a Jew, in similar circumstances with related arson attempts, there'd have been a meltdown on this forum.

I admit the article is vague yet.

he had a book on atheism and a book on demons....also various weapons....is he an atheist, a satanist or a NRA member? or some combination

 

[LumbergTech]

The guy was a Satanist, in other words a faction of Christianity.

sometimes i forget how the satanists are wacky christians

 

[werepossum]

sometimes i forget how the satanists are wacky christians

LOL! Yeah, that's easy to miss. Good thing we have Juddog to point out these undeniable truths, huh?

Hey, how about those Jews! Wacky faction of National Socialism, them.

 

[Ancalagon44]

Funny how he had books on both Satanism and Atheism, but the headline reads that he had books on Atheism. As if Atheism were somehow worse.

 

[Borealis7]

Satan does not exist.

(happy now? i did what you asked me to.)

and he prefers to be called Stan. but he doesn't exist.

 

[Noobtastic]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224...jA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNhdGhlaXNtYm9va2Y-

Guy was burning down churches.

I don't hold that this is proof of anything.

My point is to illustrate that if this had been a Muslim, a Catholic, or a Jew, in similar circumstances with related arson attempts, there'd have been a meltdown on this forum..

Not true. Muslims burn down churches all the time and the media says nothing. Last december 10+ Christians were killed on Christmas days by Islamists in Cairo.

5 seconds of media coverage.

Most of the synagogues in north africa have been pillaged and converted into mosques. christians are routinely beheaded in somalia and abused systematically in saudi arabia.

trust me. muslims could be blowing up their children and murdering their daughters/wives and the collective media coverage would be fraction of the time bashing the US or israel.

9,000 women murdered every year in honor killings in north pakistan alone. no protest...

 

[brownzilla786]

Not true. Muslims burn down churches all the time and the media says nothing. Last december 10+ Christians were killed on Christmas days by Islamists in Cairo.

5 seconds of media coverage.

Most of the synagogues in north africa have been pillaged and converted into mosques. christians are routinely beheaded in somalia and abused systematically in saudi arabia.

trust me. muslims could be blowing up their children and murdering their daughters/wives and the collective media coverage would be fraction of the time bashing the US or israel.

9,000 women murdered every year in honor killings in north pakistan alone. no protest...

I would love a source for that. It is even more surprising that 9000 women are murdered every year in Northern Pakistan due to honor killings when an estimated 5000 women are killed in THE WORLD due to honor killings. Do you just stick your hand up your ass, take what ever goo you could grab then throw it on anandtech? Here is a simple link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing#cite_note-0