Allah IS God. Allah is Arabic for God. Allah isn't a person. Allah = God. They are interchangeable words. The book was written by God himself, according to Islamic religion. There was no writer for that book. It was God's word. That is what is believed.
Yet, Adellion, there is no proof or fact of this happening, other than the words of a book. And simply put, books were man-made creation, and not the creation of God.
The fact is, provoking Muslims by burning their book will promote terrorism and ultimately make America lose their war against terrorism (not Islam as Obama rightly stated). What's the point in this kamikaze tactic? Its stupid and illogical.
This is specilation and we do not know this. We can only guess whether normal, peaceful Muslims ae either really peaceful or hateful, like islamic terrorists.
Muslims are not terrorists. Attacks on the Muslim world, either literally or the burning of their sacred books is a grave offence against the religion, and that will TURN some into terrorists. But I reiterate, Muslims are not terrorists. They can simply be angered so heavily by Western actions (such as burning a Quran, or civilian damage when conducting airstrikes for example) that they BECOME terrorists. Its very important that people learn to understand that Muslims and terrorists are not the same, and most Muslims hate terrorists, even more so, as they are sometimes associated with them by ignorant people.
Correct, Muslims are not terrorists. However, the terrorists in question that this debate has brought up, such as the 9/11 attacks, were islamic terrorists, attacking America in the name of their religion, Islam, and their God, Allah. This fact cannot be disputed, this is what happened.
But does this mean Islam as a religion were responsible for such an attack? No, that would be ignorance. The attack was done by crazed individuals. But yet, Islam as a religion will change due to the growing number of Islamic terrorists. Do you think the UK, the US and other European countrys have sent troops to police Afganistan and other Islamic/Muslim based countrys for the fun of it? No... Islam is growing in a way that the greater powers of the world do not like.
In conclusion to this point, it depends on the individuals of the Islamic faith, whether they will continue to co-exist as a peaceful religion, or a hateful one, that wages war on the greater world, whether through terrorist like attacks, or perhaps the countrys banding together against everyone else? (Iran for example, who have peed off a lot of people recently)
This is rapidly turning into an athesit's argument of "Why religion sucks" when atheists are not in the position to answer that question, since they are not knowledgeable on religion, only on the effects of its conflicts.
I am a athiest Adellion, and a human, just like a religious person. We all can think for ourseleves. Just because I am an Athiest, a person who does not believe in God, or a religion, does not mean that I cannot think freely and question whether "religion sucks".
Religion, in theory, is a basis where one believe in something. For Christianity and Islam, a God, or Allah. For Buddahism (Apologises for the spelling...) they believe in reincarnation before they move off the path of reincarnation into something or another.
Buddahism, is a peaceful religion. I cannot think of a single act or war where Buddahism was responsible. I can for Christianity and Islam. The Crusades to now. Why have these acts of violence happened? Because one wishes to imposer their religion on the peoples of the world. For this reason alone, religion sucks. Period.
As a peoples of today, I cannot believe people still believe in something or a religion, that has not been proven in a way whatsoever. Their is no historical evidence, and what I mean by evidence is concrete proof, of Jesus, God or Allah. Just two books, the Quran and the Bible, that tells us storys of our religion, and what we should do. In a way, religion is Policing us, suffocating humanity and holding us back. When humanity evolves beyond the point of need a God or a religion, it will be a good day for humanity.
There are many social normalities that are restored by religion. For example, it is a rule that Muslims refrain from alcohol. Those who drink cannot call themselves Muslims.
An atheist would consider it mad to refrain from alcohol, when it is so wonderfully fun to consume. Yet, Muslims are not allowed to. Why? Its bad for you. Simple. Even not in excess, its bad for you.
Muslims fast. Christians fast too (I believe). Aside from increasing religious fervor, this helps to slim the body; a religious form of diet and restoring health. And so many normal people struggle to watch their health! And fasting like this slims you down in no time... assuming you have the willpower to do it.
Correct, religion does these things, and some are good for you. But again, people do this because it says so in the Quran and the Bible. It is because of this, people are suffocated. Starving yourself for an entire day, with no water or food, is not good for you. It is infact very harmful.
I am an athiest, and I do not think it mad that others who do not drink, are mad. That was a silly thing to say, Adellion. Athiests are some cruel people who enforce their views on other people. In my personal opinion, Athiesm is a good thing. Not being suffocated, being told off, having to "fast", all these things to me, are bad.
I still remain inpassieve towards religion. I will never be religious, and I will be cremated when I die, not a funeral. That will be my dying wishes. Like I have said, I do not care if you believe in a God, if you follow a religion, if you wish to do the above said things. I have stated my views. I do not agree with religion and a God. But I hate if somebody wishes to impose their religion on me, someone else I know who I would assume doesn't want it imposed, or somebody crashing a plan into an important American building, full of innocent people. That for me, says a lot about religion. There are peaceful people, and there are hateful people, bred by religion in both ways.
Religion may cause wars and fighting and conflict, which is what is reported in the media for those who are atheists or whatnot to see and smugly feel how free they are from such issues. Yet where law, order & science fail, people turn to something to preserve their hope in this otherwise diabolical and unfair world. Religion keeps the hope of those who struggle everyday to feed themselves etc.
The news, our news, is reported to everyone. Athiest, agnostic and thiest alike. It is how we interpret the news, and view it. If I view the news, that a man in the British armed forces, has died in Afganistan, because of a stray bomb, or whatever, then I view that as another man who has died at war. Tragic, but he wouldn't be there before of another tragic attack. Our forces are in Afganistan due to terrorism. That said man has died, due to terrorism. Said terrorism attacks, 9/11 and 7/7, were due to islamic extrimists trying to enforce their religion via fear. Fear of death.
Hate leads to pain, which leads to revenge. Some of our men, our individuals in our armys, probably view "us" being in Afganistan, for example, as revenge. They have become biased, and that is due to these islamic peoples propaganding hate to every other muslim. Again, I state that "we" wouldn't be "there" if it wasn't for religion. Religion was a good thing, years and years ago, but not anymore. So much hate, fear, pain, revenge would not be there if it was not for religion, and these people who attacked us.
Meechan for example brought up the raised issue that innocent people have died to our hands, in Afganistan and Iraq for example, because our biased views. I respond that innocent people have died here, because of them. And it is "them". Islam has these extrimists, so as a group, it is "there" fault.
You'll find atheism is only common among those who are clothed and fed well, atheism is very rare among those who struggle with the 5 basic necessities of life. That is because if people did not believe there was something bigger and better in the world (God), I'm sure their psychology would be such that they all would commit suicide, due to having nothing of material value to have faith in, a luxury that only rich countries have (hence the higher concentration of atheists as a result).
Atheism is a rare thing. I hadn't even heard of atheism until 5 or 6 years ago. But thats due to my age. I have been an atheist since the age of 6 or 7. I have grown up with different aspects and has made me different. I have not grown up suffocated by religion, by religion fanitics, for example, my Grandmother.
I put forward what has God, religion, has done for say those suffering currently in Pakistan or Africa. That in itself can be considered proof God does not exist. "God does not intervene because of so and so". If God loved us in the concept that we put "Gods love" then he would intervene, stop the flooding in Pakistan, or the AIDs problem in Africa. He would allow us to live, to eat and not be hungry or thirsty. It says it all.
In conclusion, you do the maths. What has religion done for us? Create religious extrimists, who will blow up themseleves or crash plans to hurt other people. Of course, there is two sides to every argument, and created the peaceful side of religion. However, what does this do for us? Nothing. Not useful at all. These are my views, and I would love to debate with a truly religious muslim or christian.
Are you religious Adellion?