On debates.

I recently joined this facebook group, "F*ck Islam" (Now before i get hate comments, let me tell you that i also joined the group "F*ck Christianity", but that one is less a debate about that specific religion, and more about atheism). So anyway, despite the name, and some idiots who cant differentiate between simple letters and capital letters, the F*ck Islam group was terribly interesting. There were smart people questioning islam, and smart people answering, and all in all, some of the debates there were fascinating to read.



Most of the non-muslims saw the religion as backward and violent (and there were some good arguements for that.) What irritated me was the defense put up by most of the muslims (not all, mind you. Some were very sharp, and made points equally acceptable as those of the antagonists).



For one thing, they kept refering and quoting the quran. You cant draw on a book in the debate when the validity of the book is the very thing being disputed! The problem here arose from the two very different, unwavering stances taken up by the two parties. The attacking party saw the quran as just a book (reasonable view, in my opinion), while most of the muslims insisted that it was completely perfect and cannot (or should not?) be contradicted( a view which i disagree with).



Another thing i found frustrating was the shifting of blame done by most of the people defending their religion. When confronted with a story of some wrong doing supposedly 'encouraged' by islam (whether it was encouraged by islam or not remains to be seen), rather than defending the religion, replies like "Christians do it too!" kept being made (i challenged one girl to find a case in recent times where the vatican sentenced someone to die for apostasy, and i somehow doubt she'll manage). Whether this is true or not is besides the point. As they say, two wrongs dont make a right.

In this case they seem to make lots of bombs.



There is one more thing i HATE, and this isnt aimed at muslims, its aimed at everyone. People who are SURE they are correct. You cant be a hundred percent sure. That is called blind faith. And blind faith is nothing short of stupidity. You can be pretty sure, whether you're muslim or christian or hindu or pagan or atheist, but when you become completely sure, trouble starts. A tiny bit of doubt would you stop you from throwing your life away, or killing other people, or doing some other reckless thing. That voice in the back of your head saying, 'maybe you're wrong! If you do something stupid now and you're wrong, thats the end of you!' But if you're completely certain, you wouldnt hesistate in taking any sort of extreme action. After all, what could happen? You're completely sure you're correct!



That sort of attitude is arrogant beyond anything else you'll find on earth.



So basically, its good to doubt. And it's even better to question. Dont just follow your religion! Question it, examine it, go through every aspect. I'm sure god would rather you followed him freely, knowing what you were doing, rather than just blindly stumbling after him.





Back to the group in facebook, i realised one more thing as i shifted through the barrage of controversial topics. The whole debate, the whole argument, was completely useless. What did it change? No one was going to change their opinions. No one wants to lose the arguments. The muslims there were certain that they're the greatest people on earth, and for the world to progress all must be like them (which definitly isnt true), and the non muslims were certain that islam is a terrorist religion, full of agression and destruction and bad morals (which definitly isnt true either). No one will change their stance, for all the arguing in the world.



So there really is no point to arguing about it. Why do we argue about it anyway?



I really dont know. But i'm going to think about it, and you should too. If people stopped to think more often, to think about why they are arguing or slandering or bombing, maybe so many people wouldnt be dying right now.







Screw Out.