786 said:
I will tell you what I will gain. A Rightious life. The religion teaches you, at least Islam, very good diciplines, and how to live your life.
Peace be unto you
The Muslim philosophy, called Islam, is centered around the concept of
submitting one's self to a super- natural entity named 'Allah' whom has provided the world with a book (called the Quran) of VERY explicit historical
information, goals, objectives, actions, behaviors, and values ultimately for
the primary purposes of:
* Achieving peace.
* Achieving world domination.
* Achieving political success through argument and violence.
* Denying the stimulus that leads to various negative human behaviors.
* Achieving entry into eternal paradise after death.
The Islamic philosophy is so explicit that it cannot adapt to a modern society
and this results in:
* General socio-economic regression for the average Muslim.
* A bewhilderment and frustration that Islam does not already rule the world.
* The creation of a disproportionate number of homicidal and suicidal militants.
* A disproportionate number of physical abuses amongst Muslims.
* A disproportionate number of sexual abuses amongst Muslims.
* A disproportionate number of emotional abuses amongst Muslims.
* A disproportionate number of physhological abuses amongst Muslims.
* The equating of 'people = objects' to children (which consequently is strongly
linked to violent behaviors)
* A lack of accountibility.
* A mentality of being victims of the world (the 'West' being the trendy target
right now).
I suspect as the world grows, Islam will remain in it's static state and the
distance between Islam and the rest of the world will widen. When that
distance exceeds an unknown milestone, the overly-stretched link between
Islam and the rest of the world may snap.
The most fundamental law of nature is that those whom can adapt have a
much greater chance of survival. I suppose that one of the things that
Atheism would give you is the ability to adapt (something that Islam cannot).