(December 1, 2019 at 7:09 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: I don’t care if it exists. I have yet to see any evidence for it’s existence. And a loving deity wouldn’t allow some of the crap that’s done in its name.
I explained in the original post that that the 'all-loving' trait is precisely where the other Abrahamic religions get it wrong. A perfect God who doesn't love sinners is more sensible than a deity who pretends to love them and then punish them for eternity. It's completely hopeless to reconcile an all-loving deity with the existence of eternal damnation, and that's one more evidence that the core beliefs of christianity were largely altered.
Islam is the only major religion today who endorses monotheism. It's possible to rule out any other religion that doesn't by appealing to simple logical arguments : If more than one god exists, then they are restricted by one another's will, and therefore none of them are gods.
Therefore, Islam should seem to be a promising candidate, we should then investigate the whereabouts of their prophet and in which circumstances the holy book came into being. It does take effort to reach a reasoned conclusion, but it's worth it.
Speaking of benefits, you don't endorse a religion because you expect some immediate gratification afterwards. Muslims face prosecution all around the world because of their belief. One would endorse Islam because he's conviced it's the truth, and it's okay (even from a strictly islamic point of view) not to endorse it if evidence is not convincing enough, but everyone should make an effort.
And who said women are treated as property in Islam?
