To Freedom of Speech

Submitted by Paul (United Kingdom), Jul 3, 2006 at 09:44

Your comments strike me as intelligent and honest, some of the replies to your post however are mind numbingly flawed and as with all `blind faith` followers just rely on old & selective platitudes developed over the years.

It is refreshing to hear from a muslim who actually `thinks` for himself...why would any intelligent person not question things that are, in human terms impossible. Surely to question, research and convince yourself that what you believe in is right has got to be the acid test for any believer, unfortunately islam cannot allow for intelligence, it was never intended as anything more than a control mechanism based on fear and reward...question it at your peril..what other so called `religion` condones the murder of anyone wishing to become a non believer...

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