# All religious people should be executed **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863 "2010-06-12T00:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/281 "2010-06-15T13:46:44Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Someone like…oh, I don’t know… **SATAN**?! :dubious: Nope. **TubaDiva** , uh,[exorcised](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) him. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/282 "2010-06-15T14:19:31Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > You weren’t a Canaanite around 1300 BCE. Them Jews are already dead. So we’re good. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/283 "2010-06-15T14:48:00Z")
> [@mutantmoose](#): > > **Whilst** I’m obviously joking that I’d like to execute all religious people, there’s a part of me that would seriously like to do it. > [@mutantmoose](#): > > **Whilst** it’s true that the evil actions of a few members of a group should not make me judge that group as a whole, in this case I _am_ judging the group as a whole because it is the group’s belief system that I disagree with. You sho talk fancy for a sociopath. Bet ya got a purty mouth too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/284 "2010-06-15T15:29:53Z")
So, I just popped over here from GQ… Here: > [@mutantmoose](#): > > Whilst I’m obviously joking that I’d like to execute all religious people, there’s a part of me that would seriously like to do it. Maybe as payback for all the people the religious have executed over the centuries and continue to do so today. There: > [@Restaurant charges extra for not finishing your plate. Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-charges-extra-for-not-finishing-your-plate-legal/543200/1): > > “We will charge an extra £3 ($5) if there is any food left on the plate” > > wtf? This is outrageous on so many levels but I was wondering whether it’s even legal. You’re already paying for the food so whether you eat it or leave it is up to you. > > How would this pan out in your jurisdiction? I’m still in such a state of shock that I can’t think clearly about it’s legality and need some help. Talk about selective outrage. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/285 "2010-06-15T15:34:16Z")
Maybe if we wait long enough, God will send a sign… [6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning, burns to the ground.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_re_us/us_lightning_strikes_jesus_statue) ---
**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/286 "2010-06-15T15:40:42Z")
That’s God weighing into the thread on my side. You gotta admire God. He doesn’t bother with all these nancy arguments, he just gets straight to the point. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/287 "2010-06-17T00:24:07Z")
> [@mutantmoose](#): > > That’s God weighing into the thread on my side. And you still lost. That oughta tell you something. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/288 "2010-06-17T06:12:44Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I volunteer to be executed. > > I choose death by snoo snoo. > > The execution squad will consist of Shakira, Grace Jones, Salma Hayek, Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Tilly, and Bjork. > > I will skip the last meal. I’m not religoius - but damn, I might say I am if I can choose this method of buying the farm. Please line up Jessica Alba, Kristy Arnett (keep the poker connection), Charlize Theron, and Maria Sharapova. I’m ready to go as soon as they are. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/289 "2010-06-17T15:37:56Z")
> [@mutantmoose](#): > > I dislike the intermediate stage as much as you - I’m just holding on to the end result. > > Just need to work out the method. Bullet to the head sounds good. Although we’d need 5 billion bullets hmm This is why they invented the guillotine. Apparently its painless and relatively inexpensive. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/290 "2010-06-17T21:18:00Z")
As an Ahteist I feel left out of being in a group willing to kill others for their religious beliefs, so I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/291 "2010-06-18T01:09:10Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > This is why they invented the guillotine. Apparently its painless and relatively inexpensive. Yeah, but I’m sure you’ll get an Green atheist complaining about blood pollution or if the blade is not made from recycled steel. > [@Sitnam](#): > > As an Ahteist I feel left out of being in a group willing to kill others for their religious beliefs, so I’m in. Dude, atheists are experts on that. Tens of millions of victims can’t be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/292 "2010-06-18T01:52:24Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Yeah, but I’m sure you’ll get an Green atheist complaining about blood pollution or if the blade is not made from recycled steel. > > Dude, atheists are experts on that. Tens of millions of victims can’t be wrong. Tens of millions of religious people were not killed just because they refused to be atheists. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/293 "2010-06-18T02:20:22Z")
> [@heatmiserfl](#): > > Tens of millions of religious people were not killed just because they refused to be atheists. You’re right; they were killed simply because they were religious. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/294 "2010-06-18T12:53:35Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > You’re right; they were killed simply because they were religious. Really? Wow! I’m unaware of tens of millions of religious people being killed by atheists simply because of their religion. I mean you’re talking a few holocausts there. How have I missed this important part of world history? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/295 "2010-06-18T13:19:10Z")
> [@heatmiserfl](#): > > Really? Wow! I’m unaware of tens of millions of religious people being killed by atheists simply because of their religion. I mean you’re talking a few holocausts there. How have I missed this important part of world history? It’s the standard Communists = atheists, therefor atheists are mass murderers routine. Of course, they are carefully ignoring the fact that the common feature among such mass murders was communism, not atheism, and the distinct lack of the mass murder of theists by countries that are have atheists in power but aren’t Communist. That’s why they always have to bring up communism; they need something they can use to smear atheism since they have no good, honest arguments against it. They occasionally try to pretend that Nazism was an atheistic movement too. And naturally the same people who blame atheism for the mass murders committed in the name of communism almost always insist that you can’t blame religion for the massacres committed in its name. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/296 "2010-06-18T14:56:53Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It’s the standard Communists = atheists, therefor atheists are mass murderers routine. Of course, they are carefully ignoring the fact that the common feature among such mass murders was communism, not atheism, and the distinct lack of the mass murder of theists by countries that are have atheists in power but aren’t Communist. That’s why they always have to bring up communism; they need something they can use to smear atheism since they have no good, honest arguments against it. They occasionally try to pretend that Nazism was an atheistic movement too. > > And naturally the same people who blame atheism for the mass murders committed in the name of communism almost always insist that you can’t blame religion for the massacres committed in its name. Yep, I was being facetious. I love the communist atheist mass murderer meme. An honest to goodness skeptic could argue that Stalinism or Maoism were religions themselves, eh? Sure Mao didn’t create the universe but he was worshiped as a god. When he died, he returned to the Tao to have a special seat among the most respected ancestors. It ain’t atheism when adherents make Mao temples to pray to him after his death. Then there’s the little red Mao bibles that everyone carried around. Don’t get me started on 'Lil Kim. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/297 "2010-06-18T22:06:30Z")
> [@heatmiserfl](#): > > Don’t get me started on 'Lil Kim. :eek: Do you mean Kim Jong Il or La Bella Mafia? Because I’m willing to worship one of them. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/298 "2010-06-20T12:15:10Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Do you mean Kim Jong Il or La Bella Mafia? Because I’m willing to worship one of them. Hard to say. Both of them are singing stars. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xh_9QhRzJEs/hqdefault.jpg "HQ | I'm So Ronery by Kim Jong-il - Team America: World Police") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh_9QhRzJEs) ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/299 "2010-06-21T00:37:20Z")
After reading the first few posts, I’ve decided that the best way to carry out an execution on such a massive scale is to convince the religious peoples that the second coming is occuring, and Jesus wants them to do something that will be inevitably fatal in order to procede with him to heaven in the near future. What actor will play Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/300 "2010-06-21T11:27:16Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It’s the standard Communists = atheists, therefor atheists are mass murderers routine. Of course, they are carefully ignoring the fact that the common feature among such mass murders was communism, not atheism, and the distinct lack of the mass murder of theists by countries that are have atheists in power but aren’t Communist. That’s why they always have to bring up communism; they need something they can use to smear atheism since they have no good, honest arguments against it. They occasionally try to pretend that Nazism was an atheistic movement too. > > And naturally the same people who blame atheism for the mass murders committed in the name of communism almost always insist that you can’t blame religion for the massacres committed in its name. > [@heatmiserfl](#): > > Yep, I was being facetious. I love the communist atheist mass murderer meme. An honest to goodness skeptic could argue that Stalinism or Maoism were religions themselves, eh? Sure Mao didn’t create the universe but he was worshiped as a god. When he died, he returned to the Tao to have a special seat among the most respected ancestors. It ain’t atheism when adherents make Mao temples to pray to him after his death. Then there’s the little red Mao bibles that everyone carried around. Don’t get me started on 'Lil Kim. :eek: It’s the standard “Avowed atheists are not atheists because they are inconvenient to my atheism” and “Atheists working together for an atheistic ieology are actually religious because they behave like that”. Nice justification because it basically denies even the mental posibility of atheists comitting crimes as a group. I’m sure a similar response would happen even if the batshit crazy OP was carried out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863.md?page=16)