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/* List of atheist shooters and serial killers */
[[File:Jeffrey Dahmer Milwaukee Police 1991 mugshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px220px|As an [[atheism|atheist]], the [[serial killer]] [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] engaged in [[cannibalism]].<ref name="PhillipsDahmer1994"/> See also: [[Atheism and cannibalism]] ]]
The following is a '''list of atheist shooters and serial killers'''. [[Atheist]]s have a long record of being [[Mass murder|mass shooters]] and [[militant atheism]] in general has a causal association [[Atheism and Mass Murder|with mass murder]].
Due to this fact, [[peer review]]ed research published in academic journals has found that society-at-large is likely to [[Distrust of atheists|hold atheists responsible]] for capital criminal acts and that even atheists are likely to assume that [[serial killer]]s are fellow atheists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4758164/Atheists-naturally-assume-immoral-people-atheists.html|title=Do we need religion to have good morals? Even atheists think horrific crimes are likely committed by atheists|last=Pettit|first=Harry|date=August 7, 2017|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/07/anti-atheist-prejudice-secularity|title=Atheists tend to be seen as immoral – even by other atheists: study|date=August 7, 2017|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-atheists-we-distrust/
|title=In Atheists We Distrust|date=January 17, 2012|publisher=[[Scientific American]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017|author=Daisy Grewal}}</ref>
John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center states:
{{Cquote|After the attack at the Santa Fe High School, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick denounced a loss of faith and religion in society. While the news media puts the lives of these mass public killers under a microscope, collecting any information that can be gleaned about their childhoods from their family and friends and social media history, researchers have ignored the religious views of these killers.
What is most shocking is how few of these killers appear to be religious, let alone Christian. Just 16 percent have any type of religious affiliation at the time of their attacks, with a slight majority of those being Muslims.
Over just over 20 years from the beginning of January 1998 through today, there have been 69 killers committing 66 mass public shootings in the United States where at least four people have been killed. Of those attacks, just four have been identified as Christians, with just three clearly regular churchgoers. With 70 percent of Americans identifying themselves as Christians and over 33 percent going to church at least once a week, those numbers are a long way away from the 48 or 23 we would respectively expect.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/05/26/religion-of-mass-public-shooters/ What Is The Religion Of Mass Public Shooters?] by John Lott, Daily Caller website, May 26, 2018</ref>}}
Ken Lambert in his ''Catholic Business Journal Daily'' article ''The Link Between Atheists, Agnostics and Mass Shooters'' wrote:
*[[Jeffrey Dahmer]], serial killer and sex offender responsible for the rape, murder, and dismemberment of seventeen men and boys (1978 - 1991)<ref name="PhillipsDahmer1994">{{cite web|author=Stone Phillips, Jeffrey Dahmer|title=Jeffrey Dahmer Interview - MSNBC Footage|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQGDHTVHL8g|accessdate=October 7, 2017|year=1994|publisher=Dateline NBC|page=175}}</ref>
*James Oliver Huberty, perpetrator of the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre (July 1984)<ref name="Wolcott2004">{{cite book|last=Wolcott|first=Martin Gilman|title=The Evil 100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqAtjVMGnLIC&pg=PA175|accessdate=October 7, 2017|year=2004|publisher=Kensington Publishing Corporation|isbn=9780806525556|page=175}}</ref>
*Vladislav Roslyakov: an eighteen years old Russian school student, he is convicted for school shooting and bomb attack in Kerch in [[Crimea]] on 17 October 2018 and killing 20 people and wounded 70 others in Kerch Polytechnic College. he is an Anti-Christian Russian atheist who burned Bible verses with influence of violent Video games.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6289453/Students-run-lives-gunman-opens-fire-videos-inside-Crimean-massacre-college.html</ref>
*Carl Panzram (1891-1930) was an American serial killer, rapist, arsonist, robber and burglar. In his autobiography and prison confessions Panzram claimed he committed 21 murders (a majority of which were not corroborated) and over 1,000 sodomies of boys and men. He was executed for murdering a prison employee at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. Panzram declared "“I don't believe in man, God nor Devil. I hate the whole damned human race, including myself. I preyed upon the weak, the harmless and the unsuspecting. This lesson I was taught by others: might makes right.”<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/582711-i-don-t-believe-in-man-god-nor-devil-i-hate Carl Panzram Quotes]</ref>*[[Payton Gendron]], a Neo Nazi and atheist who is perpetrator of Buffalo mass shooting in 2022*Marc Lépine, perpetrator of École Polytechnique massacre in [[Montreal]] in 1989, he and his mother confirmed as atheist of their all life*[[Darrell Brooks]], an atheist and Black nationalist who is perpetrator of Waukesha mass damming at November 2021 which lead to 6 people dead and more than 62 injured.
[[File:Antifa Dayton attacker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Dressed in all black with his face covered, [[Antifa]] terrorist Connor Betts during the Dayton nightclub attack.<ref>https://www.cernovich.com/connor-betts-the-dayton-ohio-terrorist-was-a-far-left-wing-activist/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Sii5ecvRQ</ref> Betts stated “I want [[socialism]], and I’ll not wait for the idiots to finally come round understanding.” ]]
== Atheists and psychological factors related to mass shooters ==
[[File:Devin Patrick Kelley (2).jpg|thumbnail|200px225px|Atheist mass shooter [[Devin Patrick Kelley]]
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'''6.''' Often have substance abuse problems (See: [[Atheism and alcoholism]] and [[Atheism and drug addiction]]).<ref name="defensemaven.io"/>
'''7.''' Most mass shooters have mental illness Often kill themselves or engage in "death by cop" (see: [[Atheism and mental illnesssuicide]]).<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-duwe-rocque-name="FBI on psychology of mass-shootings-mental-illness-20180223-story.html Op-Ed: Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings and mental illness] by GRANT DUWE AND MICHAEL ROCQUE, ''Los Angeles Times'', 2018<shooters"/ref>
'''8.''' Often Frequently tend to kill themselves or engage in "death by cop" out of revenge/bitterness/unforgiveness/anger (see: [[Atheism and suicidebitterness]] and [[Atheism and forgiveness|Atheism and unforgiveness]] and [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and love]]).<ref name="FBI on psychology of mass shootersdefensemaven.io"/><ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evil-deeds/201110/anger-rage-and-pathological-embitterment-what-motivates-mass-murders Anger, Rage and Pathological Embitterment: What Motivates Mass Murders?] by Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D., Psychology Today</ref>
'''9.''' Frequently tend to kill out of revenge/bitterness/unforgiveness/anger Often have poor emotional control (see: [[Atheism and bitterness]] and [[Atheism and forgiveness|Atheism and unforgiveness]] and [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and lovenegative emotions/thoughts]]).<ref name="defensemaven.io"/><ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evil-deeds/201110/anger-rage-and-pathological-embitterment-what-motivates-mass-murders Anger, Rage and Pathological Embitterment: What Motivates Mass Murders?] by Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D., Psychology Today</ref>
'''10.''' Often have poor emotional control Frequently are very unhappy people (see: [[Atheism and negative emotions/thoughtshappiness]] and [[Atheism and depression]]). <ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/inside-the-mind-of-nikolas-cruz-and-other-mass-school-shooters.html Inside the mind of Nikolas Cruz and other mass school shooters], CNBC.com</ref>
'''11.''' Frequently Many mass shooters are very unhappy disgruntled people with a sense of entitlement (see: [[Atheism and happinessgratitude]] and [[Atheism and depressionenvy]]).<ref>[https://www.cnbcname="psychologytoday.com"/2018/02/15/inside-the-mind-of-nikolas-cruz-and-other-mass-school-shooters><ref name="Serial Killers vs.html Inside the mind of Nikolas Cruz and other mass school shooters], CNBC.com<Mass Murderers"/ref>
'''12.''' Many mass shooters are disgruntled people with a sense of entitlement Most come from fatherless homes (see: [[Atheism and gratitudeillegitimate births]] and [[Atheism and envydivorce]] and [[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]] and [[Psychology of atheism]]).<ref name="psychologytoday>[https://www.crisismagazine.com"/>2018/fatherless-shooters-clarification-data Shootings and Fatherlessness: A Clarification on the Data], Crisis Magazine</ref name="Serial Killers vs. Mass Murderers"/>
'''13.''' Most come from fatherless homes Many mass shooters have feelings of despair (see: [[Hopelessness of atheism|Atheism and illegitimate birthshopelessness]] and [[Atheism , agnosticism and divorce]] and [[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]] and [[Psychology of atheismpessimism]]).<ref>[https://wwwarchive.crisismagazine.comph/2018/fatherless-xXAnP What drives mass shooters-clarification-data Shootings ? Grievance, despair, and Fatherlessness: A Clarification on the Dataanger are more likely triggers than mental illness, experts say.]By Deanna Pan, ''Boston Globe'', June 3, Crisis Magazine2022</ref>
'''14.''' Mass shooters often see violence as the only answer (see: [[Atheism and violence]] and [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]] and [[Atheist atrocities]] and [[Atheism and human rights violations]]).<ref>[https://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/11-shocking-common-traits-of-mass-shooters/ 11 Shocking Common Traits Of Mass Shooters]</ref>
'''15.''' Some experts believe that a significant percentage of mass shooters have mental illness (see: [[Atheism and mental illness]]).<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-duwe-rocque-mass-shootings-mental-illness-20180223-story.html Op-Ed: Actually, there is a clear link between mass shootings and mental illness] by GRANT DUWE AND MICHAEL ROCQUE, ''Los Angeles Times'', 2018</ref><ref>[https://archive.ph/xXAnP What drives mass shooters? Grievance, despair, and anger are more likely triggers than mental illness, experts say.] By Deanna Pan, ''Boston Globe'', June 3, 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/most-mass-shooters-are-terrorists-not-mentally-ill Most Mass Shooters are Terrorists, Not Mentally Ill] by Seth D. Norrholm, PhD, Alan D. Blotcky, PhD, Psychiatric Times, May 31, 2022</ref> '''16.''' According to ''Business Insider'': "According to the nonprofit [https://everytownresearch.org/reports/mass-shootings-analysis/ Everytown for Gun Safety], the majority of mass shootings in the US are in some way related to domestic or family violence. A 2018 [https://everytownresearch.org/reports/mass-shootings-analysis/Everytown Everytown report] indicates that in at least 54% of mass shootings, the perpetrator also shot a current or former intimate partner or family member." (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]]).<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/deadliest-mass-shootings-almost-all-have-domestic-violence-connection-2017-11 The men behind the US's deadliest mass shootings have domestic violence — not mental illness — in common], ''Business Insider''</ref>
'''1617.''' A little over third of the adult mass shooters had prior criminal convictions (see: [[Irreligious prison population]] and [[Religion and crime reduction]]).<ref name="defensemaven.io"/>
'''1718.''' Often have health concerns which acts as a stressor in their lives (see: [[Atheism and health]] and [[Irreligion and recovery from illnesses]] and [[Atheism and life expectancy]])<ref name="defensemaven.io"/>
'''1819.''' Many are active on the internet and frequently it is found that they have posted disturbing things on [[social media]] and/or other websites (see: [[Internet atheism]]).
A study entitled ''Mass Shootings and Media Contagion Theory: Social Media’s Influence on Frequency of Incidents'' published by Kristina J. Lee at Elon University indicates:
