(July 14, 2020 at 6:40 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:Do you think Ilhan Omar's goodness is necessarily in spite of her religion?
I think anyone's goodness is necessarily in spite of their religion.
This is because you associate a religion with its worst manifestations. Islam with hand-chopping, Christianity with anti-gay belief.
For some reason you don't associate any religion with its best aspects -- for example, loving one's neighbor or devoting oneself to unselfish goodness.
All religions have both sides, and the fact that you see the bad as more intrinsic than the good tells us more about you than about the religion.