I am familiar with the concept of a Holy book but fail to understand why people today still follow the scripture. The main message of humanity does not require one to read up a holy book unless it’s the promise of afterlife that attracts people to religion. It takes common sense to know that you should treat others the way you would want to be treated. Everything else is just rules and regulations and pointless punishments. If you believe the pre-requisite to understanding a holy book is to believe in God, then my quest to find the truth ends here.
I fail to understand why religion degrades women and reduces her status to that of a naive child. Religion fails to show respect for women but asks men to treat them with kindness as if that says anything! Look at how Muslim women are treated today, whatever rights Islam give to women they are heavily overshadowed by the amount of restrictions set on her.
How is it that the God’s words have always been conveyed through his messengers and it has not been easy to follow his message, wouldn’t you agree? How does God know to descriminate between a man and a woman? Why does Qur’an allow for the peculiar traditions to continue? Muhammad (PBUH) did not wish to put an abrupt end to slavery, inequality, harsh punishments because it would have highly disturbed the order of things, but he recommended better treatment of slaves. It’s ok if Muhammad (PBUH) ordered stonings and beheading because that was how they dealt with criminals at the time. Couldn’t Muhammad pbuh refrain from carrying out such harsh punishments if he wanted to set an example? Quran does not say anything about stoning (rajm) but I am not sure, neither does it say anything about beheadings yet Muhammad pbuh himself ordered to execute the individuals who had sinned.
It’s amazing how times have changed. Zina is no longer as big of a deal as slavery is. Yet there was no punishment for slave trade whatsoever… and no punishment to kill another Muslim by mistake except for giving Diya… Things don’t add up.
Don’t you look at the author for credibility first before you read his book? Why don’t we apply the same logic to Qur’an and Muhammad pbuh? Afterall, he is the one who the Qur’an was revealed to. Have a look at all the holy books and set aside your faith for a minute, does any of it make any sense? Not really… It’s called faith for a reason, there’s no scientific method involved and there’s no logic put to the test and no trial by error. I just don’t understand why some people keep saying science compliments religion when it doesn’t. Just as these two don’t compliment each other, women do not have a proper place in religion. May be it has to do with the fact that religion was not a woman’s creation.