Giving Christianity a rest - what about Islam?Yes, it's true that we Atheists here in the U.S. spend an inordinate amount of time explaining our beefs with Christianity. We don't talk about Islam much. Why is that?
For one, Islam doesn't have much of a presence here. Christianity is what we've been indoctrinated into, struggled with, examined and thought about the most. Our wrestling with the god concept has been largely with the Christian god. Plus, you have to speak the language of your audience. Talking to Americans about the evils of Islam is...well, kinda unnecessary.
But let's not spare Islam. After all, it is another "invisible man in the sky" set of beliefs just as invalid as any other. It also has a holy book riddled with contradictions. It also has followers who swear it's peaceful and followers who swear it says to destroy any opposition. Literally.
Enter Kafir Girl. She used to live in Pakistan and she's now an infidel non-believer. Yay! She's started a blog in which she reads the Koran (Q'ran, Quran, Qur'an, whatever) and shows how goofy it is. Fun stuff.
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