Kamaryn wrote:AzzaMarch wrote:Kamaryn wrote:Lol @ the attempt to make Anders Brevik Christian. He explicitly said in his manifesto that he doesn't believe in God or Jesus. He means the same thing that Dawkins means when Dawkins calls himself "a cultural Anglican". You want to call Brevik Christian, you better start calling Dawkins Christian.
Edited by kamaryn: 23/11/2015 12:18:28 PM Um... the reason he massacred the "Young Labour Party" retreat in Norway was because he opposed their policy of multiculturalism. He is blatant about what he did, and he did it for what he saw as the defence of Christianity and "European Christian values". Yes. And he defined his "European Christian values" as having nothing to do with believing in God, or Jesus. In other words, it was purely about culture, not religion. Dawkins describes himself the same way: "a cultural Anglican". If you want to say Brevik was Christian, you have to say Dawkins is Christian. So what? You're saying that like no one has ever done something terrible in the name of Jesus! Spanish Inquisition? Witch trials of Salem? Religious fighting in Sudan? The point is - it is possible for someone to do something horrible in the name of their religious beliefs, without that meaning that everyone else who shares the basics of their beliefs (belief in Jesus, Mohammed etc) feel the same way, or somehow share responsibility indirectly for that person's actions.
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