Unbelievable? - Does Religion make people kill?

2011-07-23T00:00:00+01:00

On Fri 22 July 2011 tragedy struck Norway as Anders Breivik detonated a bomb in Oslo and shot dozens of people on the island of Utoya.

Soon afterwards news media were referring to Breivik as a “Christian fundamentalist” But was he a Christian and did faith influence the terrible actions he took?

Peter Harris is a historian and Christian apologist. Ed Turner is a solicitor and atheist blogger. They discuss what Breivik appeared to believe and whether religion leads people to do evil things.

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For Peter Harris see http://www.bethinking.org/right-wrong/intermediate/dawkins-and-the-abuse-of-history.htm

For Ed Turner see http://edthemanicstreetpreacher.wordpress.com/

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