19 November 2011

Saudi Islam and the abrogation of personal responsibility

.... What this illustrates is that, as a belief system that is supposed to lead followers to lead pious and moral lives, Islam (at least of this variety) is an utter failure.

If the belief that you possess a direct line of communication with the creator of the universe, that the creator watches all you do, and that the creator will grant you eternal bliss or eternal torment after death depending on your behaviour in this life is not enough to lead men to control themselves, then of what use is this belief system?

Where clerics demand the covering of women’s eyes – their eyes – because this is supposedly the only way to stop men from committing sin, they have effectively admitted that the entire belief system they promote is utterly ineffective. [Harry’s Place] Read more