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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am glad to see that there are a lot more non-believers than I expected. I just don't believe in a deity. I have not seen any proof that a God exist.

I cannot understand how a rational person can believe in the Bible. It's like a fairy tale for children, but with murder and incest.

I also do not understand how people still practice Sharia Law under where a sexual slavery is condoned, a girl as young as 8 years old can be married off, to prove rape, a woman must have 4 male witnesses, a Muslim woman must cover every inch of her body which is considered a sexual organ..... ugh, I could go on and on about Islam. [/quote]

I think you make an excellent point about how people get turned off of religion because people really bastardize the religions.  Are all those right-wing conservatives who hate gay people and women really acting in the spirit of Christ?

And the practice of Sharia law is often anti-Muslim.  For example, according to the Koran, a woman does NOT need 4 male witnesses to prove rape.  Rather, to prove that another woman committed *adultery* you have to be able to procure 4 male witnesses.  The standard is intended to be ludicrous; basically, MYOB.  Unless you can meet some really high (impossible) evidentiary standard you do not get to punish a woman for adultery.  Unfortunately, that has been warped and now the woman is supposed to procure four witnesses to show that she WASN'T committing adultery, and that she was raped.

Same with the whole "killing of infidels" thing - if someone attacks YOU because of your religion, you have to ask them to stop several times.  If after non-violent protest they continue to attack you, then you can use force in response.  This does not mean you kill innocent people.

I think you see this in all religions - people distort a religion to support what they want to do, even if it's antithetical to the religion itself.  I am Sikh and I am truly shocked at how people interpret our religion - the whole purpose of Sikhism is to set aside religious differences, and to recognize men and women as equals, and to recognize no class differences.  Yet I see Sikhs who embrace their own caste system and loathe Muslims and treat women like dogs.  Not real Sikhs, by any stretch.  I think that people's bastardization of religion makes it harder for others to believe.[/quote]

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