RE: The religion of peace..
October 5, 2014 at 11:56 pm
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2014 at 12:02 am by mralstoner.)
(October 5, 2014 at 5:11 pm)lifesagift Wrote: I think it's time to hand over the strap line.. Islam is clearly NOT the religion of peace, so it's time for the peaceful followers of Islam to "make hay"... show us, in the name of islam what you have to offer that isn't killing......That would require moderate Muslims to take a good hard look at the life of the prophet Mohammed, and then somehow try to construct a robust counter narrative. Alas, after reading the biography of Mohammed, most people reach for the bucket.
Hence you really have to be of warped mind to remain a moderate Muslim. For most moderates, I suspect, they are superficial Muslims who pray and fast, but don't want to know anything deep about their religion. Superficiality is the only way to remain a sane moderate Muslim.
Or they keep the peaceful verses in their head and somehow pretend the other verses don't exist.
I have a friend who is a Malaysian Muslim. She told me she "does not want to know many verses" and yet is very serious about praying and fasting and halal food. It's a very strange mindset. Sadly, her children are more stricter than she is.
The bottom line is: I don't believe it's possible to construct a counter narrative. Mohammed was the embodiment of evil, and you can only be a moderate Muslim by some form of denial, not by any intellectually credible position.
