Belief is not a Muslim issue, it is a species issue over our ENTIRE evolution. Singling out Muslims is stupid. It isn't that we should not attack their claims, we should. But this misses the bigger picture as to why humans have always had placebo gap deities they have concocted throughout our species history.
The reason humans cling to their beliefs collectively is a result of evolution. When a group finds a pattern that seems to work, even if they center that belief around a falsehood, that belief can have the benefit of safety in numbers. Muslims believe in Allah and are successful for the same reason the Ancient Egyptians were successful for 3,000 years falsely centered around the belief that the sun was a god.
Dawkins describes this evolutionary flaw as "the moth mistaking the light bulb for moonlight" in "The God Delusion".
And I cant stress enough to everyone read Victor Stenger's book "The New Atheism" that shows the universal morality all humans have that is in reality not label based, but evolutionary based. Out of all the books I have read by scientists or atheists that needs to be more famous than it is, this one is a must read for anyone who values science.
The reason humans cling to their beliefs collectively is a result of evolution. When a group finds a pattern that seems to work, even if they center that belief around a falsehood, that belief can have the benefit of safety in numbers. Muslims believe in Allah and are successful for the same reason the Ancient Egyptians were successful for 3,000 years falsely centered around the belief that the sun was a god.
Dawkins describes this evolutionary flaw as "the moth mistaking the light bulb for moonlight" in "The God Delusion".
And I cant stress enough to everyone read Victor Stenger's book "The New Atheism" that shows the universal morality all humans have that is in reality not label based, but evolutionary based. Out of all the books I have read by scientists or atheists that needs to be more famous than it is, this one is a must read for anyone who values science.
