Apostates of Islam

[Dinner]

I have to say I think this is a great Web site. www.apostatesofislam.com is a web site founded by people who where born muslims or who converted to Islam but who later decided that Islam was not a moral religion and/or that there was very little which was peaceful about that supposed religion of peace. The web site details historical errors, scientific mistakes, contradictions and other errors made in the Quran and it provides a damn good explination of how Islam is practed in the modern world and how it is often violent, brutal, intolerant, and abusive towards women. An excellent example is a video of a couple being stoned to death for having sex without being married.

The site is filled with a wealth of interesting facts (like how the Koran advses men to beat their wives if the wife doesn't obey his commands), why terrorism is so closely related to Islam, detailed explinations of where the Koran is just plain wrong, a logical explination of why Mohammed wasn't a very moral man and how he really was little better then a violent cultist, a detailed look at the Hadeth and why it is so screwed up, testimonials of why several people gave up their belief in religion, and a plethera of links to media sources and scholarly papers.

I found the site to be an interesting read especially since it was write by people who were once muslims and who have a detailed knowledge of the religion.

[DinoDoc]

Iraq really soured you on Muslims, didn't it?

[DRoseDARs]

Not even worth my time except to dismiss.

[Sava]

Oerdin speaks the truth

[DanS]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Iraq really soured you on Muslims, didn't it?

I think it was the Israel-Palestine conflict that soured him.

[DinoDoc]

I dunno this level of bigotry usually requires a personal experience.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

That video is frightening.

[GePap]

Wow, a holy book writen in the 7th or 8th century by semi-nomadic tribesmen might contain scientific facts and have a low opinion of women! I AM UTTERLY SHOCKED!!

You could knock me over with a feather!!

[GePap]

From the site:

Why Quran is not from God:

Muhammad produced no miracles and when pressed he claimed that his miracle is the Quran. Yet a cursory look at the Quran reveals that this book is full of errors. Quran is replete with scientific heresies, historic blunders, mathematical mistakes, logical absurdities, grammatical errors and ethical fallacies. It is badly compiled and it contradicts itself. There is nothing intelligent in this book let alone miraculous. Muhammad challenged people to produce a “Surah like it� or find an error therein, yet Muslims would kill anyone who dares to criticize it. In such a climate of hypocrisy and violence truth is the first casualty.

My lord, who could ever point to a holy book that contradicted itself, had scientific errors, historical mistakes, I mean, its unconcievable!

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by GePap



You could knock me over with a feather!!

It's that dreaded narcolepsy. See a Dr. they may have a cure.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I dunno this level of bigotry usually requires a personal experience.

I wouldn't really call it bigotry myself. I'm rather anti-religion but the claim that Islam doesn't fundimentally have something wrong with it based upon what is writen in the Koran is what sparked this one. That and I watched the poor couple getting stoned to death by happy religious people.

[Dinner]

I've posted similar things about the Bible which of course also brought out the name calling and the claims of bigotry, but, I hear some idiot on the radio claiming this or that religion is the one true religion and that its holy book is the literal & infallible truth from god and I feel a need to debunk it. Pointing out how screwed up various religions are just might help make the world a less fertile place for the fundamentalists.

[GePap]

Leviticus also states that adulterers should be stoned- and also kids who disrespect their parents.

The problem is literal interpretation. The problems in the Muslim world are that most theological study of Sharia ended about 500 years ago, and that this outdates legal interpretation is allowed to be the civil code of a variety of states.

[Sava]

well the Bible is full of **** too ya know

[Dinner]

Leviticus is one of the big reasons most people laugh at the Christian fundimentalists who argue the Bible is the literal word of god and is infallable. I still run across some of these fundamentalist idiots every now and then but thankfully they are normally from another state (read: the south or midwest).

You're right that Sharia stopped evolving 500 years ago but the truth is many of the things in Sharia are valid interpritations scripture in the Koran. It's an especially screwed up religion right now and this is coming from a guy who thinks most religions are screwed up.