A recent Utah murder trial had this interesting twist: The accused confessed to killing the victim, but denies that he broke the law.
How's that?
The devout Muslim contends that the killing was done on the direct order of God, you see. The killer not only couldn't disobey the command of the almighty, but insists that God's word supercedes manmade law.
Makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
Now, would someone tell me again how religious belief is a good thing?
I don't know about other people, but I've never felt the urge to kill someone because of my lack of belief in a deity. The lack-of-God that I acknowledge has never ordered me to butcher another human being, and never will.
My non-religious beliefs will also never tell me that women are inferior, that homosexuals are evil, or any of the other awful things that can be found in religious texts.
My atheism does not urge me to put myself above the law.
On the other hand, the murderer has been sentenced to life in prison, so I guess he's not above manmade law, after all.
