School Shootings - More Evidence of a Non-Existent Deity? [View all]

[MineralMan]

You'll hear the "God's will" argument, but that argument rings hollow. It's not even logical. More logical is the argument for an absent deity or no deity at all.

You'll hear the "Free will" argument, as well. Of course, the shooter exercised free will. There was nothing to stop the shooter from killing children. Again, the supposed deity was either absent or doesn't exist in the first place. Human beings can and do act as they choose.

Then there's the "Sinful nature of man" argument. Is the killing of fellow students "sinful." Sin is a religious concept. The shooter was wrong and did a criminal, vicious act. There's no need for a concept of "sin" to be considered. Society has rules for right and wrong actions. No deity is required for a society to deem killing children as wrong.

An all-powerful, all-seeing, all-loving deity could have acted to prevent any of these school shootings. That they were not prevented is additional evidence of either an uncaring deity, an absent deity, or of no deity at all.

If we're going to put an end to such senseless slaughter in our schools, appealing to a deity has been shown not to work. We're going to have to find effective ways to prevent such slaughter on our own. Removing the means of killing would be a good start.