Militant Atheist, Religionist Attacks on the Rise

Though religious and atheist violence has been around for centuries, recent studies show that militantism among atheists and the faithful is on the rise.

One needs to look no further than the headlines in any daily newspaper to find evidence of this unfortunate trend.

Last year we saw Hindu “morality police” beat young women in India for drinking alcohol.

In that very same year, militant atheist Richard Dawkins wrote a book about evolution.

In the near-decade that has passed since the Muslim terrorists flew jetliners into the World Trade towers and the pentagon, intelligence agencies have uncovered numerous Al-Qaeda plots to bomb buildings and planes in many different countries.

But they aren’t the only ones plotting.

It has been reported that dozens, if not tens, of militant atheists were found to have sinister plans to write books. Books that express opinions different than those held by most people.

In recent weeks the FBI has executed a series of raids on a Christian militia that plotted to murder police officers and set off a bomb at a funeral. And of course the Lord’s Resistance Army continues to reek havoc across Africa.

This outrageous behavior could be seen mirrored in Christopher Hitchens, perhaps the most militant of all atheists, as he called for the capture and prosecution of high-ranking catholics who aided in the cover-up of child rapes.

But perhaps the most heinous crimes of these zealots has been the incitement of others to commit violence. Like the Muslim group that offered a $100,000 reward for killing a Swedish cartoonist ($50,000 bonus for slaughtering him like a lamb).

Militant atheists have also used this tactic of incitement recently. Two of the so-called “Four-Horsemen” were seen doing just that—both during moderated debates with theists.

Daniel Dennett was reported to have stroked his manly white beard while simultaneously grumbling as an opponent began speaking of free-will.

And in perhaps the most blatant act of militantism, sources reported to have seen Sam Harris, in response to Pascal’s wager, raise a single eyebrow.