Is an atheist or a Christian more likely to commit an act of violence and terror?

Answer 1

The one who is most fanatical about their beliefs. Once you belive anything strongly enough to kill to protect or enforce that belief then you have crossed into the reality of being capable and willing to commit an act of violence or terror. It has been my experience, that atheists hold strong conviction based in their minds on solid irrefutable facts. They are hard to sway but also hard to anger. They do not generally have a strong emotional response with their intellectual argument. Christians, on the other hand, are highly emotional. They pour their heart and souls into their convictions and quickly jump over the line and take up arms in the name of their God. So, to put a fine point on it, I believe a Christian is more likely to commit an act of violence and terror if speaking strictly in generalities.

Answer 2

Though it does not make suicide impossible, real Christians compared with other religions have Christ, or better the risen Lord as their hope in life. Not like atheists that they have no meaning to their life and once they die, everything will finish. Again it doesn't mean that a Christian cannot commit suicide, though it makes a difference to how a good and faithful Christian he is. We can never judge others and so we leave that to God. One thing is sure that we have Jesus as Lord, "the first to rise up" to be an example and hope to those who follow Him and in all troubles trust in Him alone. Then there are many conditions, especially mental, that could be the reason for suicide.

Answer 3

It's a question of who wants power and who bends to the will of those who have it, whether an Islamic imam or a Marxist commissar. I think history demonstrates that those at the top rarely believe their own rhetoric and simply use whatever tool gives them control, whether one claims one's power devolves from the gods or from the proletariat. Obviously religion has a longer track record as an excuse for violence and terror and is likely to extend it much further, whereas I think the power of Marxism is spent. Of course I could be wrong. It was the obscene wealth disparity of Venezuela that brought Hugo Chavez to power and he may yet turn out to be the demon the energy companies would have us all believe he is. Though how he's a worse demon than the energy czars despoiling our own country is hard to understand.

Answer 4

Christian.

Answer 5

Christians are more likely to commit acts of violence and terror. It's been that way throughout human history.

With the fall of the Roman Empire, the librarian of Alexandria was pulled off her carriage and skinned alive. Literacy dropped. Even the Pope had to have the Bible read to him. In the first crusade, Christians killed tens of thousands of people they called "infidels". The Children's Crusade (1212) caused the deaths of nearly 50,000 children. Preachers sentenced to death and executed thousands during the Inquisition (1233-1834) for heresy and witchcraft. There were the Salem witch trials (1692) in America. The 17th Century Thirty Years War (Catholics v. protestants) wiped out tens of millions in Europe. In the Taiping Rebellion in China in the 1850's a Christian cult started a war that resulted in the slaughter of twenty million people. In the Holocaust six million Jews were murdered. Muslims and Christians in Bosnia reached a death toll of over 250,000.

See what I mean?

Answer 6

i HOPE you are not trying to say that atheists are more likely to commit an act of violence and terror-i'd say its about even, because there are many christians who are glad to be fighting inthe war right now, slaughtering the people of a foreign country, there are the ones that bomb abortion clinics, there are the ones that kill in the heat of the moment, there are ones that were or are serial killers, there are many of the ones that are in violent gangs

Answer 7

While Atheists or Christians might be more violent in certain environments, there is nothing inherently violent about either belief.

Of course, some Christians might convince themselves that Atheists are more violent, and some Atheists might convince themselves that Christians are more violent.

That's life.

Answer 8

unless you can read people's minds , there's no way to tell if a person is a christian or not, if they really are , of course they would be extremely unlikely to commit an act of violence or terror.and to the beer drinking lemur... what did they do at that clinic again.. and how many christians did that, and do you even know if eric rudolph is a christian..???? many questions to answer indeed.

Answer 9

the statistics and evidence from history are quite clear on this...christians by far commit more violent, immoral, evil, and unethical acts than any other group as a whole...muslims are an extremely close second however...atheists quite frankly, make better neighbors.

Answer 10

Islamic fundamentalist terrorists are, obviously, Muslims. The majority of people, at least in this country, are Christian so it makes sense that most of the crimes are committed by Christians.
As to if the ratio of theists to atheists is the same in the criminal population compared to the rest of the country, I've never heard of a study like that being done.