If you want to be a better Christian, you start forgiving everybody and give your s*** away.
If you want to be a better Muslim, you start killing everybody who isn't EXACTLY like you!
No such thing as a real Muslim who is moderate. The goal line is Sharia law administered by a theocratic caliphate. It is NOT compatible with democracy or human rights, as we knew them in the 20th century. No reformation is possible because there is too much text that cannot be deleted, modified, or re-interpreted without going against the tenets of the "religion". It would be like saying that believing that Jesus was Christ is not an "optional" point of view but an "extreme" and therefore totally forgettable. And, everybody knows that the words of the illiterate Mohammad were directly from Allah (especially his warnings about Jews), divine, and cannot be changed.
One of the great questions of the 21st century is: What is the true nature of Islam? There are two distinct answers to this question from the media and leaders. The popular message is that Islam is one of the great world religions, a peaceful religion, a foundation of world civilization, its Golden Age was the highpoint of history, and it preserved Western thought while we were in the Dark Ages. The alternative message is that Islam is a brutal, backward, woman abusing, violent, intellectually narrow ideology that is out to annihilate civilization.
Which side is right? How do we resolve this issue? Can it even be resolved? If we turn to the âexpertsâ of any of the opinions, they will tell you that their view is correct. What then is the ultimate authority that will give us a firm foundation for reasoning and judgment about Islam?
Is it possible to use critical thought or must we just accept the authority of experts? There is way to achieve consensus about ideas that goes beyond expert opinion. The use of facts along with logic is the basis of critical thought. The ultimate form of critical thought uses measurements and numbers to resolve questions. This paper will use the foundational texts of Islam and measure the importance of ideas by how many words are given to concepts. The assumption is that the more content that is devoted to a subject, the greater the importance of the subject is. As an example: the Koran devotes 64% of its text to the subject of the unbeliever. This is assumed to imply that the unbeliever is important in Islamic doctrine.
The use of critical thought may seem counter-intuitive since many people view Islam as a religion that does not have a rational basis. Actually, Islam is not only rational; it is hyper-rational, but it uses another form of logic than the one we take for granted.
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Summary
Critical thought brings new insights to the study of Islam. Islam is not a matter of opinion, but has a solid rational basis in its foundational texts.
Simple statistics reveal the systemic nature of Islamic doctrine.
What do these cases demonstrate? Here are some of the principles that a simple statistical analysis shows:
statistical charts and further explanation at link
It sure as hell isn’t Christians or any other religion cept islam doing the terrorist crap out there.
Moderate? HOrse crap.
First you need to acknowledge that Islam is NOT a religion.
I really recommend the book Catastrophic Failure by Stephen Coughlin. It’s a massive 800 pages, but nearly half of that is appendices and footnotes. No other book comes near to the accuracy of explaining Islam from Islam’s point of view. And no other book comes near to exposing the disinformation campaign put on by the Muslim Brotherhood, in an effort to drop our guard.
It only costs $6 on Kindle, and I read it on my smart phone.