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[quote=Anonymous]Twist their meaning? These books are written by men using human language, so of course their meaning are up to interpretation. This is the inherent danger of religious belief. Yes *YOU* may now say as a contemporary Muslim living in a 1st world western country that the peaceful interpretation of these books is the correct one. But by what authority can you make such a claim? Do you claim to know the perfect will of God? How do you know? Note that Christianity has this very same problem, except there aren't many people who are relying violent interpretations of Christianity to kill others - but it certainly has in the past.

There are two ways to assuage the damage that religion can do to human civilization. One is that the human condition will improve with the passage of time, and people will gravitate towards peaceful interpretations of religious texts, as we see in Europe and North America. But I am afraid that this is a long process that takes generations to accomplish. We cannot rid the middle east of poverty and illiteracy in a short period of time, especially not if the violent religious leaders are actively working against such efforts in order to prolong their hold on the people. The only other way is to expose religion for what it truly is: attempts by past humans to control the behavior of others in an age of ignorance. The western world is quickly loosing their religion, much faster than the time it took for the violent-to-peaceful reformation to take place. Religion deserves no special respect above any other fairy take or work of fiction. The sooner people deal with the problem in a rational manner, the sooner we can all get on with the business of making our world better. [/quote]

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