gungasnake...
Quote:the problem is the bullshit phony religion. We need to find ways to eliminate it.
No, gungasnake, we need to encourage Western Muslims to re-invent the Koran so that it reflects today's values and moral sensibilities in the context of modern-day civilisation.
The last thing that should be done is to forcibly deny a people their religion. In that direction lies holocaust and generations of vengeful hatred in the surviving progeny.
Islam needs the renaissance it never had. It needs to be re-defined in terms which are acceptable to civilised and decent people everywhere, of whatever religion and cultural background.
As for Muhammed having been a paedophile... I don't make too great an issue of this. Every era in history has had its sexual practices and its social mores which at the time were not considered a great moral evil.
Mid-Victorian London was stiff with child brothels whose chief patrons were the monied elite of London's High Society and the political administration. It was considered a bit naughty and darkly playful - but there was certainly no great outrage or witch-hunt over it.