The old saw:

Good / Cheap / Fast - Pick 2.

Yeah, people who are busy and have happy, fulfilling lives don't have the time or inclination to brood about becoming monsters and act upon those impulses. Getting from here to there isn't easy.

Of course, lots of monsters don't need religion to do the monstrous things they do. E.g. Adam Lanza, James Holmes, Seung-Hui Cho, Elliot Rodger, and on and on.

There was an interesting segment on the BBC this morning. The AK-47s that come out in events like these can be traced back to the Balkans wars and the drug trade. I can't find a BBC link, but this al Jazeera link cites the same sources, I believe. The takeaway is that this terrorism stuff is directly tied to organized crime like the drug trade. Changing the laws about drugs to make them less financially rewarding will do a lot to reduce the ability of international terrorists to carry out their plots. And maybe if we don't spend so much on the drug war, maybe we'd be able to get more humane treatment to people who need it so there's less domestic violence as well.

Cheers,
Scott.