# All religious people should be executed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-religious-people-should-be-executed/542863/255 "2010-06-14T23:16:14Z")

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> [@mutantmoose](#):
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> 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.

Seek professional help.

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> Maybe as payback for all the people the religious have executed over the centuries and continue to do so today.

Seriously, sins of the fathers? I’m sure that somewhere in your family tree someone has done something bad, so what are you going to do about that? I’m sure that somebody wants payback.

> [@Can I start an "All liberals should be executed" thread in Great Debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-start-an-all-liberals-should-be-executed-thread-in-great-debates/542867/43):
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> I disagree with the nazis and the communists about lots of things. For one thing, they executed the wrong people.

Yeah. Maybe you’re beyond even professional help. I think that maybe you’re dangerous. I think that maybe this is a plea for help–_please, oh please, somebody stop me before I go too far!_ I think that maybe someone should look into that.

> [@mutantmoose](#):
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> In fact I’m usually funnier than most of the people I argue against.

Not so much, really.

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> Particularly in this thread where the people arguing against me are generally so - uninspiring.

But weren’t you _just_ saying how hilarious the responses have been? How you’ve been laughing for _days_?

Oh yeah, you did:

> [@Can I start an "All liberals should be executed" thread in Great Debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-start-an-all-liberals-should-be-executed-thread-in-great-debates/542867/40):
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> However I’m quite glad that some of you have done because it’s doubled the humour value for me. I haven’t stopped laughing for about three days. It’s not jerkish - I just have quite a vibrant imagination. Unlikely and fantastical scenarios come quite easily to me. And the pit thread has been quite funny so it was all worth it just for that.

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