(January 3, 2011 at 10:11 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: I'm interested in knowing why, besides childhood indoctrination, would anyone put any stock in this religion at all. I understand why people would convert to Christianity. The slick package they offer would con the unwary and uninformed. I don't understand how anyone could find Islam remotely convincing.
Muslim reasons would be:
1. Islam is more monotheistic. The Christian trinity is polytheistic, they associate partners with God.
2. The poetic beauty of the Qur'an being proof of divine origin.
3. The most common method of Muslim brainwashing nowadays is the scientific miracles of the Qur'an. They're incredibly deceptive and a lot of Muslims use them to rationalise their belief.
4. They also whitewash Islamic history, glorifying Mohammed and explain away the nastier verses of the Qur'an.