(January 5, 2015 at 1:58 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:Quote:Germans do not consciously choose to be Germans, it's an accident of birth. In this way being a Muslim is analogous to being a German.When you find the "Islam gene" then I'll concede that Islam is a race. Until then, it's an ideology that is open to criticism in the field of ideas and not associated with any individual or people.
He didn't say it was a race, or genetic; he said it was an accident of birth.
Look, I know you can read better than this. You're a smart sonofabitch and I've got mucho respect for you. But you're strawmanning him, and you should know better.
We all know that being born into a religion is a fact; it's why religions tend to be geographically centered (Buddhism in South Asia, Islam in the Middle East and Africa, Christianity in Europe and the Americas); it's also why children tend to adopt the faith of their parents -- because they are programmed by their family and culture to share that same faith. He's obviously not alleging that this function is genetic.
