(September 20, 2013 at 11:54 am)ManMachine Wrote: I'm sure there are people more qualified than me on the topic of Islam but my own personal take is not to accept the first interpretation of any religious text as the definitave one. It is apparent that there is also a lot of 'interpretation' when it comes to the matter of Women in Islam.
I know how annoyed I feel when I'm dealing with ignorant religious people making blanket statements about atheism when they clearly have done no research or even bothered to find out some basics. And I'm certainly not advocating any religion (as an atheist) but I do advocate doing a little research before making generalised comments on matters concerning other people's faiths.
A quick google search returned this wiki page.MM
Women in Islam
I am not making blanket statements- I said "if the the really nasty Allah showed up," and I suppose I should have said "if the really nasty VERSION of Allah showed up." There are, to be sure, versions of Allah who are not so awful. Sadly, however, this version is out there, and this is the version I was taking a potshot at, and I make no excuses for that.
It's so difficult to know how one's words will be taken; I suppose I will learn to be clearer as I go.
