When Christianity is criticized and ridiculed, no one mentions anything about Islam. When Islam is criticized and ridiculed, people scream, “What about Christianity? Radical Muslims are just doing what Christians did 400 years ago!” While it’s true that 2015 Saudi Arabia does bare striking resemblance to 1692 Salem Massachusetts, how is that supposed to be a shield against Islamic criticism?
The truth is that today Islam is far worse than Christianity, especially for free thinkers. It represents the greatest obstacle and threat to free speech, equality for women, individual liberty, and human rights in general than any other belief system. There’s nothing “moderate” about millions of Muslims believing that people should be killed for adultery, homosexuality, or leaving Islam. The number of people who believe this should be zero.
There is commonality between Christianity and Islam. Both stem from the Torah, the five books of Moses, which is part of the Old Testament. A despicable book of perpetual ignorance and violence that condones both slavery and murder. The Old Testament represents the same god as Jesus and the Prophet Mohammad.
Many compare the number of violent passages in the Bible with the Quran and say, “Look! The Bible has more!” That’s like comparing the Old Testament with the New and saying, “Look! The Old Testament has more!” But the Quran, like the New Testament, is not in competition with the Old, it’s meant as an extension of the Bible. This means that the horrible passages in the Quran are to be accumulated with what’s in the Bible. It’s not less hatred and violence, it’s more.
What makes the Quran arguably worse? A woman’s testimony in court is worth half a man’s.
Quran 2.282 “let his guardian dictate with fairness; and call in to witness from among your men two witnesses; but if there are not two men, then one man and two women from among those whom you choose to be witnesses, so that if one of the two errs, the second of the two may remind the other.”
According to this passage, women are stupid and can’t be trusted. Get two male witnesses. But if you can only get one, there needs to be two women to equal one man. In other words, in legal proceedings a woman’s word is worth half a man’s. And why two women? Because if one screws up, the other can help her. Does the same consideration apply to a man? No.
When it comes to hatred for non-believers, the Quran is a constant drum beat. Not even two pages into it and there’s already a threat of violence.
Quran 2:23. And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a chapter like it and call on your witness besides Allah if you are truthful. 2:24. But if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers.
And why are there non-believers?
Quran 2:6. Surely those who disbelieve, it being alike to them whether you warn them, or do not warn them, will not believe.
2:7. Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing and there is a covering over their eyes, and there is a great punishment for them.
So for those who don’t believe, rather than intervening to convince them, the all-powerful Allah sets a seal upon their hearts, hearing and eyes, and there is great punishment for them. So as it turns out, the great creator of the universe is a sadistic schmuck who intentionally makes people not believe in him so that he can torture them later.
One of the greatest reasons that Christianity is arguably better than Islam is that Jesus didn’t have a thing for under-aged kids. The so called Prophet Muhammad as an old man had sex with a 9 year old girl named Aisha. But apparently that’s not creepy enough to keep away a billion followers, just as Joseph Smith being a pedophile isn’t a deal breaker for the Mormons.
The truth is that the world would be better off without Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. But instead we have hordes of blind followers unable to rise above their childhood indoctrination, shameless idiots shouting out “Judeo-Christian values!” while having no idea what that even means, and shameless apologists claiming that the horrid crap that infests the Quran doesn’t matter because, hey, look at these Buddhists that were killers, and hey, that mostly Muslim country Indonesia is such a tribute to freedom and equality (it’s not.)
So how can we drastically reduce the extremism which infests Islam far more than Christianity in modern times? The reason that Christians are able to act peaceful and civilized is due to knowledge of secular philosophy and ignorance of their own religious text. What turned Christians around is what we refer to as the Renaissance, a rebirth of ancient philosophy that promoted human values and ideas. The world needs Islam to have its’ Renaissance, and there’s an abundance of ancient Islamic philosophers to provide the kindle.
This isn’t to say that there isn’t any noble philosophy in the Bible or the Quran, but it’s intermingled with madness. Replace the madness with the greatest reasoning of mankind throughout the ages, and now you have something worth believing in.
“We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. Nothing should be dearer to the seeker of truth than the truth itself” – Al-Kindi
-James Kirk Wall
article is taken from the link below:
http://www.chicagonow.com/an-agnostic-in-wheaton/2015/11/islam-is-worse-than-christianity/