(November 24, 2020 at 5:36 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: I am not going to build a case for Islam here but if Islam is the right religion, then God didn't really demand that much from his creatures, but his endowments do show an infinite goodness. Endorsing strict monotheism and regularly following simple rituals is all there is to it, roughly speaking.
Following Islamic rituals/ rules is impossible for many people, like for homosexuals or those people who want to have a career in science because Islam doesn't allow them to accept biological evolution.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
