(October 22, 2014 at 12:45 pm)DramaQueen Wrote: Please tell me he's not a Muslim
It shouldn't matter if he is. You aren't a Muslim.
I remember once in an online exchange with some Muslim apologists, one of them once said, "your Bible". I was quick to correct him. "No, no, no, do not assume that because I'm an American that I'm a Christian. I have nothing but contempt for Jesus, I revile the Bible and consider Christianity to be the worst disaster to ever befall the human race."
Truth be told, I don't see a dime's worth of difference between Christianity and Islam. The artificial, illusory difference is that Christian leaders can only fondly remember the kind of power they once had to torture, terrorize and murder. Civilization has more-or-less restrained it.
Oddly enough, the situation used to be reversed between the West and the Arabic empire. Under a more moderate strain of Islam, learning flourished and the ancient knowledge of the Greeks and Romans was preserved. Europe owes much of its Enlightenment to the Middle East. Somehow, as Christianity was forced into moderation, allowing for that enlightenment, a more fundamentalist strain of Islam took hold in the Middle East.
I would love to see the Middle East regain that dedication to science and enlightenment.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
