Religion has to be spiritual without ceasing to be rational & ethical

Submitted by raja believer (India), Mar 21, 2009 at 15:07

People joke for no reason. You are trying to paint a very honorable picture of Islam, which has been for the past 1400 years caused indescribable harm to the people of this planet. Killing in the name of religion, marauding, indulging in pogrom & destruction of places of worship of other faiths are intrinsic in the faith.
It produces terrorists & suicide bombers on a daily basis, who are brainwashed into committing heinous crimes against infidels and u know the lure. Why do u find such guys only in Islam.

And you want everyone to believe that these guys will swing with houris just because they happen to be moslems, by accident. And the likes of Mother Teresa are burned eternally 'cause they don't happen to be moslems. Can there be a bigger joke.

Ya, the life of the man does evoke laughter since such a perverse, promiscuous prophet is said to have received a revelation which is in sharp conflict with earlier profound & proven belief systems.

If it is true, authentic and strong word of God, as you say, why can't the Quran be debated openly for its genuineness or otherwise, without fear of persecution, as can be done with books of other faiths. What's the problem when someone criticises the book. The sun will still rise from the east (probably brighter) & the world will go on as usual (definitely better) even if we do away with the book & the faith.

Judgement Day ! There can't be a bigger joke.

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