The "Cultural Context" Excuse

[Drich]

Drich, this is precisely what I meant, the Muslim and the Hindu feel precisely as you do, scriptural and such differences aside, those are simply details. You guys are so fanatical about these fanstastic, out-dated and quite simplistic ideas simply because of the religious experience.

But that is all it is, it is an experience. It doesn't tell you anything more about the world. It certainly doesn't tell you any fables about mythical creatures that created the universe and such. In that way, it is no different from drugs, except people don't usually take drugs and then end up demanding political reform that is not based in reason and generally become a pain in the ass for all civilized society.

Seems to me, you want to quickly dismiss what you have not experienced and have no way to understand.

It's like trying to explain what love is to someone who can not know what love is.