Self-professed ‘anti-theist’ kills three young Muslims in Chapel Hill

[Wilikon]

A 46-year-old Chapel Hill man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after three college students were shot and killed Tuesday evening at a condominium complex on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill, authorities said.

Craig Stephen Hicks turned himself in to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office in Pittsboro following the shooting, which happened in the Finley Forest complex off Barbee Chapel Road shortly after 5 p.m.

Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, of Chapel Hill, Yusor Mohammad, 21, of Chapel Hill, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh, were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

All three victims were shot in the head, sources said.

The three victims were Muslim, and Hicks is not, according to posts about atheism on his Facebook page. In thousands of posts on social media, many have now questioned whether the victims' Islamic faith was a factor in the shooting.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest civil advocacy group for Muslims, called on law enforcement officials Wednesday to address speculation about a motive for the killings.


http://www.wral.com/three-killed-in-chapel-hill-shooting-46-year-old-man-charged/14438074/



Chapel Hill shooting: Craig Stephen Hicks condemned all religions on Facebook prior to 'Muslim mass-murder' arrest


As tributes poured in for the young family, a Facebook page in Hicks’ name showed that he read paralegal studies at Durham Technical Community College and described himself as a supporter of “Atheists for Equality”.

A regular social media user, his last three posts were a cute dog video about the Pavlov effect, a viral advert for Air New Zealand involving mountain bikes, and a picture from United Atheists of America asking “why radical Christians and radical Muslims are so opposed to each others’ influence when they agree about so many ideological issues”.

TV programmes liked by Hicks include The Atheist Experience, Criminal Minds and Friends, while he describes himself as a fan of Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason and Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion.



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chapel-hill-shooting-craig-stephen-hicks-condemned-all-religions-on-facebook-prior-to-muslim-massmurder-arrest-10038126.html

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First Atheist Terrorist...? "But what about the Crusaaaades!!!11!!11???"

[Wilikon]

Killer of 3 UNC-Chapel Hill Muslim Students Was Hardcore Anti-Religion Atheist Progressive

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/02/11/killer-of-3-unc-chapel-hill-muslim-students-was-hardcore-anti-religion-progressive/


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Sure he was... 

Let's see how fast the internet will try hard to transform this scum into a Republican Crusaaader...


 

[Wilikon]

You guys are fast! Scrub! Scrub! Scrub!

https://www.facebook.com/craig.hicks.967/likes?pnref=lhc



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Coming up next: "This Lone Wolf anti-theist was really a Crusaaaader!!1!!11!"

[Wilikon]

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism

[Wilikon]

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Just in case the internet tries a deeper scrubbing...

[Wilikon]

[pedrog]

Well, this is something new...

I also watch The Atheist Experience, it's a nice show.

[Lethn]

As an Anarchist I denounce this violent act against unarmed people..... Just so nobody here thinks I'm for that sort of thing obviously

[jaysabi]

First Atheist Terrorist...? "But what about the Crusaaaades!!!11!!11???"

Only about a million more atheist terrorist caused deaths before these are comparable. (Three million on the high end of estimates.)

[Wilikon]

I'm just posting so you're not the only one posting in your own thread about this recent surge of atheist terrorism. It makes you look a little less like a resentment-fueled christian if other people post here too.  

You are welcome. Everyone is, as usual. Although I do have a habit of updating my own thread instead of creating multiple threads of a similar subject. I used to edit a post, but realized changing a post was not true to its time stamp or fair to people only reading the very last post, missing an updated post if the thread goes to page two.

So yes, there is a method to my madness.

Enjoy your stay and your vigorous participation on the subject at hand: "Anti-theist kills to prove the world religions bring killers together!"

 

[Wilikon]

First Atheist Terrorist...? "But what about the Crusaaaades!!!11!!11???"

Only about a million more atheist terrorist caused deaths before these are comparable. (Three million on the high end of estimates.)

Today I Learn: Mao Zedong, Stalin, Pol Pot.. Were NOT atheists...

Thank you for your edited enlightenment

 

[jaysabi]

I'm just posting so you're not the only one posting in your own thread about this recent surge of atheist terrorism. It makes you look a little less like a resentment-fueled christian if other people post here too.  

You are welcome. Everyone is, as usual. Although I do have a habit of updating my own thread instead of creating multiple threads of a similar subject. I used to edit a post, but realized changing a post was not true to its time stamp or fair to people only reading the very last post, missing an updated post if the thread goes to page two.

So yes, there is a method to my madness.

Enjoy your stay and your vigorous participation on the subject at hand: "Anti-theist kills to prove the world religions bring killers together!"

 

I think everyone posts in their own thread, and making similar threads on the same topic doesn't make any sense. Clutters the forum and makes it hard to follow a discussion if it's in several places. (Does anyone do that?) It was just funny to see all the ATTENTION GRABBING PICTURE POSTS in close succession with no one else commenting in between. Looked a little desperate to make a counter point. But as I took so long posting my joke in the first place that other people posted before me, I removed that comment, as it was no longer accurate.

[jaysabi]

First Atheist Terrorist...? "But what about the Crusaaaades!!!11!!11???"

Only about a million more atheist terrorist caused deaths before these are comparable. (Three million on the high end of estimates.)

Today I Learn: Mao Zedong, Stalin, Pol Pot.. Were NOT atheists...

Thank you for your edited enlightenment

 

Fair point, I stand corrected.

[Wilikon]

First Atheist Terrorist...? "But what about the Crusaaaades!!!11!!11???"

Only about a million more atheist terrorist caused deaths before these are comparable. (Three million on the high end of estimates.)

Today I Learn: Mao Zedong, Stalin, Pol Pot.. Were NOT atheists...

Thank you for your edited enlightenment

 

Fair point, I stand corrected.

I have seen people making the mistake of forgetting the past too often, no matter the subject. At least you know their names, not so sure about our new younger instagram generation...

 

[jaysabi]

First Atheist Terrorist...? "But what about the Crusaaaades!!!11!!11???"

Only about a million more atheist terrorist caused deaths before these are comparable. (Three million on the high end of estimates.)

Today I Learn: Mao Zedong, Stalin, Pol Pot.. Were NOT atheists...

Thank you for your edited enlightenment

 

Fair point, I stand corrected.

I have seen people making the mistake of forgetting the past too often, no matter the subject. At least you know their names, not so sure about our new younger instagram generation...

 

Well, I wasn't considering them at first because their murder wasn't a function of their atheism, it was just a coincidence that they were murderous tyrants and atheists. Their murderous reigns were primarily political in nature aimed at the subjugation of political classes or parties that would threaten their political power. That is the opposite of this Chapel Hill situation (OSTENSIBLY) where the indication is he shot Muslims for religious reasons. That's the slant all the your picture posts are taking, as to whether or not that bears out, time will tell. It's not like the media's knee-jerk reaction has ever been wrong before, right?

[Wilikon]

I'm just posting so you're not the only one posting in your own thread about this recent surge of atheist terrorism. It makes you look a little less like a resentment-fueled christian if other people post here too.  

You are welcome. Everyone is, as usual. Although I do have a habit of updating my own thread instead of creating multiple threads of a similar subject. I used to edit a post, but realized changing a post was not true to its time stamp or fair to people only reading the very last post, missing an updated post if the thread goes to page two.

So yes, there is a method to my madness.

Enjoy your stay and your vigorous participation on the subject at hand: "Anti-theist kills to prove the world religions bring killers together!"

 

I think everyone posts in their own thread, and making similar threads on the same topic doesn't make any sense. Clutters the forum and makes it hard to follow a discussion if it's in several places. (Does anyone do that?) It was just funny to see all the ATTENTION GRABBING PICTURE POSTS in close succession with no one else commenting in between. Looked a little desperate to make a counter point. But as I took so long posting my joke in the first place that other people posted before me, I removed that comment, as it was no longer accurate.

Yes it was desperate... ly sad to see how fast the scum turned so quickly into a right wing Crusaaaader, never mentioning his deeply held belief in the faith of progressive atheism, or his favorite light holding mentors.

His facebook page was gone in a instant.

Scrub! Scrub! Scrub! That, was desperation for sure...

If I can't bring a little bit of Fair and Balanced© on this subject, who would? You maybe?

 

[RodeoX]

Uh-oh, I better start believing in god or I'll become a crazy killer! 

Just kidding. Obviously this dude had problems. 

[Wilikon]

First Atheist Terrorist...? "But what about the Crusaaaades!!!11!!11???"

Only about a million more atheist terrorist caused deaths before these are comparable. (Three million on the high end of estimates.)

Today I Learn: Mao Zedong, Stalin, Pol Pot.. Were NOT atheists...

Thank you for your edited enlightenment

 

Fair point, I stand corrected.

I have seen people making the mistake of forgetting the past too often, no matter the subject. At least you know their names, not so sure about our new younger instagram generation...

 

Well, I wasn't considering them at first because their murder wasn't a function of their atheism, it was just a coincidence that they were murderous tyrants and atheists. Their murderous reigns were primarily political in nature aimed at the subjugation of political classes or parties that would threaten their political power. That is the opposite of this Chapel Hill situation (OSTENSIBLY) where the indication is he shot Muslims for religious reasons. That's the slant all the your picture posts are taking, as to whether or not that bears out, time will tell. It's not like the media's knee-jerk reaction has ever been wrong before, right?

Marxist–Leninist atheism (Russian: Mapкcиcтcкo-лeнинcкий aтeизм) is a part of the wider Marxist–Leninist philosophy (the type of Marxist philosophy found in the Soviet Union), which rejects religion and advocates a materialist understanding of nature. Marxism–Leninism holds that religion is the opium of the people, in the sense of promoting passive acceptance of suffering on Earth in the hope of eternal reward. Therefore, Marxism–Leninism advocates the abolition of religion and the acceptance of atheism. Marxist–Leninist atheism has its roots in the philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach, G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Vladimir Lenin.

Some non-Soviet Marxists opposed this antireligious stance, and in certain forms of Marxist thinking, such as the liberation theology movements in Latin America among others, Marxist–Leninist atheism was rejected entirely.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist_atheism


All those images posted here are screen grabs of the scum's facebook page, before it was deleted. How can we not accept what the scum posted himself as a direct way to define himself?

No media distortion here. A direct view inside the scum's mind AND the people he liked the most... None of them Crusaaaaders.

[RodeoX]

Let's not get off track. I don't know what this violent disturbed guy thinks. But all the athiests I know arrived at their decision because of science and not based on their delusional hatred. Just as most Christians and Muslims I know did not start believing so that they could wage a holly war on their neighbors. 
It seems to me that the guy is just stupid. We had a crazy killer here in Wisconsin who shot dead a bunch of Indians because he thought they were Middle Easterners. That is how little he knew about what he was doing.

[Spendulus]

I'm just posting so you're not the only one posting in your own thread about this recent surge of atheist terrorism. It makes you look a little less like a resentment-fueled christian if other people post here too.  

You are welcome. Everyone is, as usual. Although I do have a habit of updating my own thread instead of creating multiple threads of a similar subject. I used to edit a post, but realized changing a post was not true to its time stamp or fair to people only reading the very last post, missing an updated post if the thread goes to page two.

So yes, there is a method to my madness.

Enjoy your stay and your vigorous participation on the subject at hand: "Anti-theist kills to prove the world religions bring killers together!"

 

An "Anti-theist" is not definitionally an "Athiest".