As a result of the recent tragedy in Norway, I've picked up upon a common trend. What is this particular trend? Well, it appears that many people are blaming religion for what happened. For those of you who don't know, the suspect for the shootings, Anders Behring Breivik, has been painted by the media as a radical Christian and a right-wing extremist.
Despite this depiction, I truly believe that the religion of an extremist is, for the most part, irrelevant. For everyone who is lambasting religion, let us not forget what resulted in more deaths in the 20th century than anything else; atheistic communism and fascism.
It's simply asinine to blame religion for what ails us. People will always find an excuse to justify their extremism, regardless of whether religion exist or not. A lunatic is a lunatic! It doesn't matter if they claim to be Christian, Islamic, or atheistic; they will always find some obscure basis for their absurdity and inhumanity.
In sum, everyone who is painted as a religious nut never really has any real basis in their religion for the atrocities which they commit in the name of Islam, Christianity, etc. There is, however, one common theme that can be found in the teachings of virtually every major religion; that of peace and love. Let's start adhering to these principles, and not let the lunatics tarnish these teachings.
All the best,
Kip
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