Blaming Atheism For The Chapel Hill Shooting

Every Person On Earth Is An Atheist

The accusations on the evils of atheism are coming faster than the shells from Craig Stephen Hicks .38 revolver. Hicks wife stated the Chapel Hill shooting had nothing to do with religion. We will have to see how he defends himself in court as the trial reveals his true motives.

The murder of three students is heinous, hateful and absolutely wrong in every imaginable sense. Uninformed people are quick to claim non-belief as a driving force behind the killings. There is no context to atheism, no dogma to follow, no atheist nations or authoritarian agendas. For Hicks to shoot three people dead he must have believed in what he was diong, violently expressed as racism, anger, or both. I can quote bible scripture pleading with believers to stone homosexuals to death or kill an atheist where he stands. What doctrine can be quoted on killing three young people from the humanist community with equally specific instruction?

Hicks choices do not reflect on the atheistic community at large as Hitler’s faith in god driving him to kill five million Jews is not a reflection of all Catholics. Hitler was anti-jewish based on their theism. Which is why I am saying, everyone is an atheist. You say Hitler was not a true atheist. Wouldn’t you apply that same standard to Hicks?

Would you agree with George Bush invading Iraq on reasons he gave the French Prime Minister? Bush claimed in the Middle East, he saw "Gog and Magog" at work from the scripture of Revelations. Do you concur with President Bush’s theism on the war in Iraq? You would be anti-theistic towards his belief in a particular version of god if not.

Do you believe Thor is the son of Odin?

Religions are themselves atheist towards beliefs not their own. Some Christians on social media with intent or in a passive aggressive manner praise the death of these students. If your theism is not a justification for killing, anti-theism is afforded same defense.

As an atheist myself I cannot speak for Hicks mindset or motivations. I view these crimes as the murder of three people, not three Muslims. Their beliefs do not make them less human or more so. They had freedom of religion on American soil. As I have the freedom of speech to disagree with religion. Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, had the right to a long life. If we find that religious discrimination was Craig Hicks provocation we can say he maintained the wrong predetermined beliefs.

Hicks failed the test of his own critical thinking.
Questioning wrong beliefs is what atheists are supposed to do.

You Can't Teach Atheism to Atheists

Atheism is a movement against nothing.

Do atheists still yell “Oh, god, oh god!”when they're making love?

An atheist does not believe in religion or doctrine claiming a divine deity in the sky. If these claims are true, then atheists are convicting Christians of being unicorn chasers and fighting invisible dragons in their garage. As you read this a movement begun quiet as a philosophy off in the distance, is being heard spoken with increasing force around the globe. It began before anyone reading this book was born and will continue long after we return to dust. This movement of non-belief, soon to be at your front door, is the genie being put back in its bottle.

Questioning the existence of god

Doubting god in America, Europe or the middle east in earshot of fundamentalists means you are asking for real trouble. In researching this book and speaking with atheists at length, you might be surprised that most will not deny the possibility of an all powerful being igniting the universe into existence. That doesn't say atheists believe that your version of god exists, it says they are still waiting for proof that any god is real.

Can you blame them for doubting?

"God exists." "How do you know that God exists?" "The Bible says so." "Why should I believe the Bible?" "Because it's the inspired word of God." That argument is like a dog chasing its tail. The only proof of existence of an omnipotent being is in the enthusiasm of his followers. Unless you believe the face of Jesus appears on your morning toast, what act of divinity has anyone witnessed in the last two thousand years? Has God ever replaced a missing limb through prayer?

The age of science and technology

The Hubble telescope has captured billions of galaxies in deep space, it wasn't even blessed with holy water. A geneticist can trace genetic DNA patterns back to your first relative. My great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was what color?! The Earth is now far beyond any doubt billions of years old, dismantling the biblical account of Genesis. The word 'God' doesn't even appear in the U.S. constitution. So where do our modern day Christians go from here? Believers are feeling a shift. Right now non-believers are sitting silently in pews and preaching convincingly from pulpits.

Is faith necessary if you truly believe?

You cannot know a belief is true, you can only believe what is known. If I told you to apply all your mental efforts in believing the Earth was flat you couldn't do it. You can pretend, you can make yourself think you believe but that would never truly become a belief. You are aware of empirical evidence that this world is spherical. You are aware of no empirical evidence that god exists. You can pretend but only it is make believe.

What if I told you that every person on planet Earth is already an atheist?