(April 2, 2015 at 2:54 pm)RobertE Wrote:(April 2, 2015 at 1:24 pm)Brian37 Wrote: By rightfully I mean currently it is the biggest violator of human rights. I accept even a future if atheists became a majority we are still capable of the same range of human behaviors both good and bad.
But as it stands right now at this point in our species history hands down Islam has the biggest PR problem.
You cannot really say that it is "at this point." Ever since Islam started, they have been on the warpath, their slavetrade was even bigger than the Atlantic slave trade, they invaded other countries, they tried to force Gurus to convert or be beheaded. All these barbaric acts and much, much more besides. Islam has NEVER stopped being barbaric, because even though Christianity was terrible, barbaric, violent, call it what you will, Christians actually evolved, and perhaps it is because of Culture, perhaps it had something to do with the Industrial revolution which finally made the western world civilised. We can hate Christianity as much as we want, but at the end of the day, Christians are living in a modern society whereas the Neandarthals are still with us and they are reading the Qu'ran. They will not evolve, because their book is their guide.
No, see you still miss the bigger picture, they stem from the same God character the other two stem from. Christians had their warpaths too they called that the dark ages. And to claim the OT god is anymore nice than the Christian or Islamic god would be a mistake.
And this is also a fatalistic view that Islam has no chance of having its own Age of Enlightenment. If Jews and Christians have done it, what makes you think Islam will never do it. These are humans too. If Ayaan Hirsi Ali can be raised in that religion and still leave it. If Malala can be raised in that religion and still value women's rights and education, your view is fatalistic and does not reflect but the dark side of evolution.
YOUR options are brute force to get rid of Islam, which would be impractical, or do what Malala and Ayaan do and challenge while still valuing human rights.
