I just realized something, a strange line of commonality that connects people that want to ban various stuff.
People that say that belief in a deity leads to violence had better also say that looking at violent video games/movies/TV shows etc. leads to violence.
One can easily posit the argument that religion does not lead any one person to violence any more than watching or reading "a clockwork orange" leads to violence.
Many people are religious, and the sheer statistics/proportion/percentage of religious people to religious-people-that-commit-violent-acts-in-the-name-of-religion are staggering. Simply put, there are a lot more non-violent religious people than there are violent religious people.
Entertainment liberals make the claim that video games, et al. do not lead anyone to commit violent acts. Any given criminal would have committed violent crimes even in the absence of having witnessed the portrayal of violent acts in entertainment. The violent act comes from the perpetrator, not from the entertainment medium.
However, if this is true, then whoever supports this claim must also support the notion that religion does not lead anyone to commit violent acts.
People that say that belief in a deity leads to violence had better also say that looking at violent video games/movies/TV shows etc. leads to violence.
One can easily posit the argument that religion does not lead any one person to violence any more than watching or reading "a clockwork orange" leads to violence.
Many people are religious, and the sheer statistics/proportion/percentage of religious people to religious-people-that-commit-violent-acts-in-the-name-of-religion are staggering. Simply put, there are a lot more non-violent religious people than there are violent religious people.
Entertainment liberals make the claim that video games, et al. do not lead anyone to commit violent acts. Any given criminal would have committed violent crimes even in the absence of having witnessed the portrayal of violent acts in entertainment. The violent act comes from the perpetrator, not from the entertainment medium.
However, if this is true, then whoever supports this claim must also support the notion that religion does not lead anyone to commit violent acts.
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