Teen Violence

Every once in awhile you here in the news of school shootings and teen suicide. And sometimes the Perpetrators are atheists. This may lead you to believe that atheists are mentally unstable and violent. But I can find a more feasible reason for why the perpetrators are generally atheist. It’s because they are a minority, people fear and pick on the ones who don’t fit in. people have treated minorities as if they were less than equal throughout history so why should it stop at a lesser scale of the high school? These people must feel Out of place and angry at the way society treats them. This is not justification for their acts but it is explanation. Whether they are right or wrong about their atheist world views it is still difficult when the majority thinks you’re wrong and oppresses you for it. Obviously the more people in a following there are the easier it is to join and the more excepted the group is. So since these kids belong to a minority they cannot handle the pressure to conform so they resort to inflicting self damage or turn towards violence as the answer and may even resort to suicide. If the tables were turned and we lived under an atheist government then it would be Christians or whatever group is the most oppressed that are the perpetrators of these acts. In conclusion oppression is what leads to violence for example most street gangs are made up of minorities.