On Boston suspects: Maher To Defender Of Islam: Equating Christianity And Islam "Liberal Bullshit"

[Dragonfli]

122. I disagree with the entire argument, Equating Terrorism with Religion is "Atheist Bullshit"

Belief is often centered around politics, not religion, especially in acts of terrorism. Acts of terror when not political are usually the result of deranged sociopaths that use all manner of things to justify their desire to kill and/or maim others.

terrorism noun (Concise Encyclopedia)

Systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. It has been used throughout history by political organizations of both the left and the right, by nationalist and ethnic groups, and by revolutionaries. Although usually thought of as a means of destabilizing or overthrowing existing political institutions, terror also has been employed by governments against their own people to suppress dissent;...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorism

The belief that terrorists are mostly religious fanatics, is subjective nonsense and the need to believe so is silly at best, or a tool to generate hatred towards an ethnicity or common religion at worse.

It is a way to demonize entire cultures of people based on the most common religion of their region or ethnicity. "All Muslims are prone to violence and terrorism" for instance is bullshit because only an extremely small minority of Muslims are terrorists, and frankly the few that are, are largely deluded and likely being used by people that have political motives.
Similarly "Christians are a bunch of abortion clinic bombers" is equal bullshit because only an extremely small minority of Christians are terrorists, and frankly the few that are, are largely deluded and likely being used by people that have political motives.

I am sure I need not remind you of similar distortions concerning the Jewish faith and ethnicity. Or Witches (neo-pagan), or dozens of others.

Most terror is about politics and that proves to me that politics can be the most evil religion of all.

Can people of faith be silly, judgemental and bigoted? Definitely, seen a lot of that first hand but broad brushes are extremely inaccurate, many of faith are quite the opposite - I have also seen that first hand.
It is not only people of faith that can be silly, judgemental and bigoted as evidenced by Bill (I love his comedy and agree with him on some other things)

I should not have to add at this point that even atheists have political views and are just as likely as any other to force their politics through terror and fear.

I believe none of the myths should be interpreted outside of a Jungian context.
I believe myth is a part of our consciousness and most are archetypal and can help us to understand ourselves and not some Deity.

In the end, my statements in the paragraph above are nothing more than things I believe based on reading books, perhaps that makes it my religion

LUCKY ME, I get to now be attacked by both people of faith and atheists, so have at me and have fun, I just hope it makes you'll feel better