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What is your problem with Islam? Think about it
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RE: What is your problem with Islam? Think about it
(May 27, 2018 at 1:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(May 27, 2018 at 1:12 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote: Same here but some religions are definitely worse than others.

I have one issue with all of them: They're all untrue.

But, extremist Jainism, for instance, is hardly on par with extremist Islam or Extremist Christianity. Some religions definitely cause more harm and do more damage than others.

Correct as far as it goes, but I wasn't asked my problems with extremists.

Boru

I think there's two types of religious people: honest extremist nutjobs and hypocritical cherrypicking moderates. Neither are particularly dignified but at least the hypocrites do less harm. Although it is rather depressing that those who most honestly follow their (un)holy texts end up doing the most harm (it's not surprising considering what's in the texts). It comes back to that thread you made ages ago about whether motive makes a different to morality.

I like what A.C. Grayling has to say on the matter. Specifically his final point that he makes 53 seconds into the following video:



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RE: What is your problem with Islam? Think about it - by Edwardo Piet - May 27, 2018 at 1:19 pm

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