I escaped the cult of Islam. Some of the most radical and anti science things that I've ever heard came from my over zealous family. One of the dumbest things that they said was that Islam was a race. I do have a very large personal bias against Islam and I don't mind talking about it. If you are someone who believes in the radical Islamic doctrines of death for apostasy, execution for gays (despite a huge incentive in the culture itself to BE gay), and that Christianity or Judaism is harmful to the world, then I think that you should be stopped, not burned. I was talking about the extreme radicals, not the basic followers. I don't like Jews at all, but I do on some level respect their ingenuity, because they were smart enough to out maneuver nearly everyone. They just did it for the wrong reasons. Personally, the best and most moral route to take in life is to promote unity and not division. It's hard to do this; it means completely gutting your own ego and judging everyone individually on the merit of their own actions.
I'm continually stunned at how ignorant people are. Not just here but voat too. I was attacked there for simply stating I am reading the Koran. When i am finished, I will read the bible, the zohar and a tone of other books. Just because you read a book doesn't mean you support the doctrine. I wanted to know what the koran says about jews, and now I know. (I'm 3/4 way through) I am not a fan of jews, muslims or christians. But I do engage in debate and discussion in an informed way and so I read. Ironically, out of those groups muslims are the only ones quite happy to engage in civilised debate with me and answer my questions, of which I have many. The act of reading a book does not mean you are promoting the content
I've read the Qu'ran and the Bible, I want to read the Torah and the Talmud, but I have some assignments to write about and I want to finish the research that I am doing about the history of the Federal Reserve. I do understand what you are talking about, which is why I take the individual approach. The problem that you are facing is not one of ignorance, but rather, it's one of haste. No one thinks that you're spreading a good message by even talking about reading the Qu'ran, and therefore, they tune out your message pretty much immediately. I do think it's necessary to read all of the available holy book literature, but there's a lot more to the understand of life and basic nature found by exploring the world firsthand yourself. Also, I don't know where you are, but a lot of the Islamic people that I've encountered in the US are pretty ignorant get upset easily when you attempt to have a political or religious conversation. A lot of the ones out here believe that they are superior to a vast number of other religions and don't take religious criticism well.
Well I'm probably double your age and have done far more exploring of the world that anyone else I know. I can recommend an excellent book on the history of the Fed, actually the history of the creation of money. It's called Money Grows on The Tree of Knowledge by Tracy R Twyman. She was one of the smartest people I have ever known. All her work is excellent, no one is in her league. She was suicided a few months ago.
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