Comments by "michael" (@michaeld4861) on "Atheists Are Murderers - Debunked (Jordan Peterson)" video.

First, Raskolnikov didn't have every rational reason to kill. Just because people don't like someone is not reason enough to murder them. lol What is Peterson thinking? Second, he killed an innocent girl that he was actually trying to free. Deliberately. Peterson just leaves that part out entirely. What were his reasonable motivations there? And he can't claim self-preservation because that doesn't justify killing an innocent person who is NOT trying to harm you. I, somewhat recently, read Crime and Punishment and I can't remember Raskolnikov using the excuse that there is no god to justify his murder once. He does claim that great men throughout history have used murder for the greater good and deludes himself into thinking that committing murder with "altruistic intentions" must be a prerequisite characteristic of great men. And so he thinks that if he can commit murder and bring some (what he has deluded himself into thinking is good) into the world then therefore by definition he must be a great man, similar to Napoleon. He basically just wants to bolster his ego. We all feel good when putting down someone we think is wrong. Raskolnikov accepts god in the end because he's been taught that Jesus forgives all sins which will assuage his guilt (that he has the ENTIRE book btw) for murdering innocent people (at least the niece was 100% innocent) where as society condemned him and sent him to Siberia. Accepting religion gives him a mentally easier way to repent and assuage his guilt. Oh, sorry I forgot, all athiests are just pretending they don't believe in a god.
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