a contribution by a muslim.

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What, the idea that humans can do both good and bad things is new to some people? Sorry but I'm not buying that. I refuse to accept that people can be that naïve.

The sarcasm leads me to think it's something I said before ; that you understood in the wrong context.
I never said that an atheist would never do good ; my theory was that under certain conditions, atheism would guide its follower to be more inclined to do bad since there is no believe in an after death judgement dictated by atheism.

One result is the atomic bomb. Of course the people who deployed it never feared an afterlife judgement.

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I happen to know, back in Melbourne, a very good Muslim doctor, and he is absolutely brilliant.

I also know of a case from the UK a few years ago where female Muslim medical students who refused to wear short-sleeved scrubs because it was against their religion, thereby putting their religious beliefs above the welfare of their patients (there are reasons why scrubs are short sleeved).

So yes, good and bad among the religious.

Well, the concept was always this : if Islam is perfect ; anything coming with it is perfect too.
If the faith is putting the patient's health at risk, then it's a wrong faith.

One problem islamic teaching is suffering from, is the mixing of "honor" & local cultures with the faith, along with literal interpretations that above not making any sense ; they totally lead to disasters.