RE: "You just want to be your own god"?
July 6, 2021 at 11:35 am
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2021 at 11:47 am by Fake Messiah.)
(July 2, 2021 at 6:56 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: It's probably the most truthful criticism against atheists. The only thing one wins by becoming an atheist is to commit sinful acts without having to deal with remorse.
Sure, considering that sins in Islam can really debilitate someone's life and stand in a way of ones's happiness.
Like, many people want to have friends who are of other religions than Islam. They don't want to kill the infidels. Or they just want a drink of beer. Or be with a person they love if they are gay or love someone who is non-Muslim religion. Or they want to have a dog as a pet. Or they want to eat some bacon. Or they don't want to starve themselves and their children for weeks on end.
If they are women there is a whole variety of advantages in sinning, like they want to be comfortable and not be covered in robes even on very hot days. Or they want to open a bank account without man's permission. Or travel abroad. Or get custody of children after divorce.
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"
