To the OP, how Muhammad (fleas be upon him) wrote a book while diddling prepubescent girls really isn't that impressive. The problem with most religions is that their canon tends to be written by poorly educated twats that really don't understand much about sound authorship. There are many wonderful books in existence, the Harry Potter series is well written, it doesn't make it based upon facts or even possible.
Your argument concerning Muhammad's motivation for lying is really inconsequential. Perhaps he just wanted to be remembered forever, the point being that no one can know what his motivations are, or how much the story has been exaggerated over the centuries.
The facts are that despite all of these arguments, not a single shred of evidence has been presented that directly proves the validity of any religion or the existence of any god. I personally do not care what your quran says, the fact that militant Muslims work so diligently to encapsulate and protect their theology tells me everything I need to know about its validity. Truth does not need protection, it does not need threats of violence or death to keep it from being questioned. Islam and Christianity are the same in that they both need violent and diligent zealots to keep them relevant.
Your argument concerning Muhammad's motivation for lying is really inconsequential. Perhaps he just wanted to be remembered forever, the point being that no one can know what his motivations are, or how much the story has been exaggerated over the centuries.
The facts are that despite all of these arguments, not a single shred of evidence has been presented that directly proves the validity of any religion or the existence of any god. I personally do not care what your quran says, the fact that militant Muslims work so diligently to encapsulate and protect their theology tells me everything I need to know about its validity. Truth does not need protection, it does not need threats of violence or death to keep it from being questioned. Islam and Christianity are the same in that they both need violent and diligent zealots to keep them relevant.
"In our youth, we lacked the maturity, the decency to create gods better than ourselves so that we might have something to aspire to. Instead we are left with a host of deities who were violent, narcissistic, vengeful bullies who reflected our own values. Our gods could have been anything we could imagine, and all we were capable of manifesting were gods who shared the worst of our natures."-Me
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
