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Here are my thoughts on Islamaphobia from an atheist perspective.
Personally, I really don't like any of the religious books any more than 'a book' with a couple of good things and a lot of things that I find to be inhumane.
All three major religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) are basically the same religion, just with different prophets. Judaism was the one that came first, then Christianity, then Islam. They have a lot of the same stories, the same god (just called something different), etc. They are ALL Eastern religions, including Christianity. The Holy Roman Empire was a co-opt of Christianity as a means to further it's dwindling Empire (and it worked for a while). This 'Jesus' guy was not a blond hair blue eyed European, nor did he have a Greek name (Jesus). Now, when you're an atheist, and you're looking from the outside in (even though I used to be on the 'inside' of religion), they really all look about the same.
I see people bring up things in the Quran about killing unbelievers and other such violence, but all of that looks pretty familiar to me. I grew up reading about the exact same things in the bible. Even though the book holy rollers are beating you over the head with says some pretty outrageous stuff, I don't see the majority of christians stoning their kids to death for disrespecting their parents, or fathers killing their kids on sacrificial altars cause god told them to. Since we live in an overly christianized highly religious society, your 'war on christianity' nonsense is pure bullshit. If my kids are going to have to pledge allegiance to your deity in school, there isn't a war on you in the slightest. Now, the persecution Islamic people get in this country IS actually real. They're a tiny minority of the population, and it's deemed more socially acceptable than it should to be prejudice against them. I'm not a huge fan of religion, but persecution is way worse.
When criticizing the terrible actions that some people do in the name of religion, you're talking about a small minority of fundamentalist fanatics which is a certain personality trait. You're not talking about the vast majority of people (in general) who may hold onto a religion in their personal life, but don't follow the nasty parts of their book.
Just look at the other day, some radical christian fundamentalist murdered people at an abortion clinic. Does this represent the vast majority of christians? I don't think it does. When a muslim blows up a bus or shoots a bunch of people in a concert venue, that's a small minority of violent fanatics, not the 1 billion people who DON'T do that.
Every human being deserves to live their lives peacefully in the manner they see fit. If they don't harm others, it's not really anyone else's business. If that means, they dress a certain way, or have social customs that I don't share, it's no skin off my back. This bigotry is simply uncalled for, and makes me want to point out the glass house all you other religious folks are throwing stones from.
I'll just be kicking back, enjoying a life free of ALL religious dogma, and loving my fellow human beings based on who they are as a person, not what religion they belong to.
Personally, I really don't like any of the religious books any more than 'a book' with a couple of good things and a lot of things that I find to be inhumane.
All three major religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) are basically the same religion, just with different prophets. Judaism was the one that came first, then Christianity, then Islam. They have a lot of the same stories, the same god (just called something different), etc. They are ALL Eastern religions, including Christianity. The Holy Roman Empire was a co-opt of Christianity as a means to further it's dwindling Empire (and it worked for a while). This 'Jesus' guy was not a blond hair blue eyed European, nor did he have a Greek name (Jesus). Now, when you're an atheist, and you're looking from the outside in (even though I used to be on the 'inside' of religion), they really all look about the same.
I see people bring up things in the Quran about killing unbelievers and other such violence, but all of that looks pretty familiar to me. I grew up reading about the exact same things in the bible. Even though the book holy rollers are beating you over the head with says some pretty outrageous stuff, I don't see the majority of christians stoning their kids to death for disrespecting their parents, or fathers killing their kids on sacrificial altars cause god told them to. Since we live in an overly christianized highly religious society, your 'war on christianity' nonsense is pure bullshit. If my kids are going to have to pledge allegiance to your deity in school, there isn't a war on you in the slightest. Now, the persecution Islamic people get in this country IS actually real. They're a tiny minority of the population, and it's deemed more socially acceptable than it should to be prejudice against them. I'm not a huge fan of religion, but persecution is way worse.
When criticizing the terrible actions that some people do in the name of religion, you're talking about a small minority of fundamentalist fanatics which is a certain personality trait. You're not talking about the vast majority of people (in general) who may hold onto a religion in their personal life, but don't follow the nasty parts of their book.
Just look at the other day, some radical christian fundamentalist murdered people at an abortion clinic. Does this represent the vast majority of christians? I don't think it does. When a muslim blows up a bus or shoots a bunch of people in a concert venue, that's a small minority of violent fanatics, not the 1 billion people who DON'T do that.
Every human being deserves to live their lives peacefully in the manner they see fit. If they don't harm others, it's not really anyone else's business. If that means, they dress a certain way, or have social customs that I don't share, it's no skin off my back. This bigotry is simply uncalled for, and makes me want to point out the glass house all you other religious folks are throwing stones from.
I'll just be kicking back, enjoying a life free of ALL religious dogma, and loving my fellow human beings based on who they are as a person, not what religion they belong to.
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It's easy to assume that all three abrahamic religions are "basically the same", but I would disagree. Christianity, in its inception, was a loony but peaceful death cult, working under the assumption that Jesus would soon return and the world would end. Islam, conversely, is inherently tied to war and conquest from its beginning, as its prophet was also a warlord. The koran does steal a lot of its material from pre-existing sources, even moreso than the bible, but it's not quite the same as christianity in its strictest form. Like any religion, it can be tamed by secularity, but unless we assume religion in itself has no real impact on human behaviour- which would be a strange position for an atheist- then we cannot say islam is the same as christianity. Of course, on the one hand the practical results are often the same as historical christianity; barbarism, theological dictatorship and oppression, but on the other the core message of islam is more aggressive and unforgiving than the new testament christianity is based upon.
In short, they're not quite the same, and come with different- if often similar- problems.
In short, they're not quite the same, and come with different- if often similar- problems.