If you're arguing Islam, your literalism should be comparable to the literalism of the person you're arguing with. It does no good to moan about the Koran's ideas of how the sun sets and rises with someone who has already reconciled themselves to accept modern astronomy despite it. You need to get a feel for how literal they are, so you're not wasting your or their time.
Frankly, if a Muslim cherry-picks and interprets the Koran until they're fine with modernity and LGBTQ people and science; to me there's not much to argue about. I wish there were a lot more of those Muslims. They're still wrong, can't know that the Koran is true, and have no convincing evidence that their deity is real; but I have much bigger fish to fry than bare-bones Muslims.
Frankly, if a Muslim cherry-picks and interprets the Koran until they're fine with modernity and LGBTQ people and science; to me there's not much to argue about. I wish there were a lot more of those Muslims. They're still wrong, can't know that the Koran is true, and have no convincing evidence that their deity is real; but I have much bigger fish to fry than bare-bones Muslims.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
