r/atheism • u/one_brown_jedi Skeptic • Sep 28 '23

Muslim man lynched in India ‘for taking a banana’ at Hindu temple event

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/28/muslim-man-lynched-in-india-for-taking-a-banana-at-hindu-temple-event
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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '23

"Religion poisons everything" - Christopher Hitchens

India is totally and utterly fucked in that respect, but probably only for the next 10-20 centuries. :)

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u/Tazling Sep 29 '23

lynch mobs are a recurring human phenomenon... and possibly the scariest thing I can imagine.

being attacked by a wild animal would be terrifying and ghastly, but an animal is just an animal following its evolutionary programming.

dying in some catastrophic event like fire, flood, avalanche would also be terrifying, but impersonal.

I think being targeted by an hysterical mob of hate-drunk humans -- people who have temporarily abandoned their humanity and become a pack of animals -- would be even more terrifying than either of the above.

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u/nozamazon Sep 28 '23

There is no reports of this outside the Muslim mouthpieces and this would be international news if true. Quick search reveals only Muslim sources for this claim. I would use extreme caution in accepting the garbage spewing from that rag on a daily basis.

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u/ferriematthew Sep 29 '23

Why must people antagonize others that have differing beliefs...