• Halosheep@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    TIL: you can only kill someone by throwing a rock if you are religious. Do not attempt otherwise, it will not work.

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      3 days ago

      stoning is a particular method of public execution, so most rock-related deaths don’t count

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      3 days ago

      also: there has never been a single person in history who followed the crowd even though they secretly didn’t believe in a god.

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        3 days ago

        I’m an atheist, and there are plenty of people I would stone to death if given the chance.

        So if the number really is zero, it’s probably due to a lack of opportunity.