Islam is basically a license to enjoy a hedonistic life of stealing, raping, and killing, all under the guise that doing so helps you enjoy an eternal hedonism in heaven. Muhammad (or whoever) told the men around him whatever lies were necessary to convince the men around him to steal for him and kill for him and bring him a bunch of sex slaves. Today's Muslim leaders still teach and benefit from that.
It's hard to teach people to turn to God and live holy lives. It's easier to trick people into thinking God wants you to do whatever you want with your thingy, to steal whatever you want, and be violent to whoever you feel like being violent to. That's why Muhammad's (or whoever's) teachings are so popular in the Middle East, and unfortunately as they migrate to the west.
You wrote “thingy”?
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You got a Point.
Thomas Aquinas said the same thing and so did John Adams.