Thursday, February 21, 2013

A little Sam Harris

"What if Muslims are right? What if Islam is true? How should we view God in moral terms? How would we view God in moral terms, or I should say, Allah? Okay, we have been born in the wrong place, to the wrong parents, given the wrong culture, given the wrong theology.
Okay, needless to say, Dr. Craig is doomed. He's been thoroughly confused by Christianity. I mean, just appreciate what a bad position he's now in to appreciate the true word of God. I have been thoroughly misled by science.
Okay, where is Allah's compassion? And yet, an eter—He's omni—He's omnipotent; he could change this in an instant. He could give us a sign that would convince everyone in this room. And yet he's not gonna do it.
And Hell awaits. And Hell awaits our children, because we can’t help but mislead our children.
Now, just hold this vision in mind, and first appreciate how little sleep you have lost over this possibility. Okay. Just feel in this moment how carefree you are, and will continue to be, in the face of this possibility.
What are the chances that we're all going to go Hell, for, for eternity, because we haven't recognized the Qur'an to be the perfect word of the creator of the universe?
Please know that this is exactly how Christianity appears to someone who's not been indoctrinated by it." - Sam Harris
 In a related note:

The one thing  about religious people is that they want you to question your beliefs about existence and the universe, and make drastic life changes accordingly. It requires weeks or months of study, self-doubt, and open-mindedness to the possibility that you might be wrong. They want you to take everything you believe, toss it out the window, and start from scratch.

Yet when have they done the same? I can think of zero Christians I know who have given up their beliefs for weeks or months, cut all ties to their church, and just lived as if they were starting from scratch, not because they were 'living in sin', but simply because they wanted to subject themselves to the same motions that they require of everyone else.

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