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Muhammad: "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.'" Sahih al-Bukhari: Vol. 1, Book 8, Hadith 387 (one of the two most trusted collections of hadith.) Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

The unknowable and the nonexistent are indistinguishable. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

"There is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you."  Quran  6:38 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Can Allah do anything? Yes, Allah can do anything. 35:1 Praise be to Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who appointeth the angels messengers having wings two, three and four. He multiplieth in creation what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.

“A large proportion of the noblest and most valuable teaching has been the work, not only of men who did not know, but of men who knew and rejected the Christian faith.”—John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

How many years to turn a man into a legend? For lumberjack Paul Bunyon, about thirty years. He died in 1875 as  Fabian Fournier and showed up in legendary form in 1906 as Paul Bunyon. It seems to take very little time for a legend to spring up. Once the legend was born, one drag of the mighty lumberjack’s massive ax was said to have created the Grand Canyon. Historians believe Bunyan was based in large part on this real life lumberjack: a large man with giant hands. His rough-and-tumble life and his lumbering abilities made him famous in logging camps in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond. Eventually, Fournier’s legend merged with lumberman, Jean Bon Jean. The French pronunciation of Jean’s full name is believed to have evolved into the surname Bunyan.  Paul Bunyon started out with a bit of truth, but ended up a fantasy tale. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Exodus 34:1, 10–26 Ten commandments review

“I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for each other.” Katharine Hepburn, Ladies Home Journal, Oct. 1991 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Those with no religion will outnumber protestants in the USA soon. Over the past 15 years, "nones" have grown  no matter the gender, race, age, education, or political affiliation. However you slice it, people are breaking away from organized religion. Giving people more access to information destroys religious faith. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp. He shall not come inside the camp, but when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water, and as the sun sets, he may come inside the camp. (ESV)  Deuteronomy 23:10–11 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Many of our religious friends are unaware of the deadly nature of sex. Deuteronomy 22:20–21 [20] But if the thing (woman is not a virgin) is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman, [21] then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. (ESV) Deuteronomy 22:20–21 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days. (ESV) Deuteronomy 22:28–29 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,  then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.  (ESV)  Deuteronomy 22:23–24 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

A zeal for different opinions concerning religion ... have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to cooperate for their common good.  The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection  Daily Advertiser Thursday, November 22, 1787 James Madison Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Joseph Smith had access to other writings and copied from them to promote his scam. For example, Alma 5:52 is nearly identical to Matthew 3:10.  Joseph Smith plagiarized 478 verses from the book of Isaiah, and 201 are identical to the king James bible.  If mormon books were divinely inspired, they wouldn’t have been copied from books Joseph Smith read. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 22:5 (ESV)  Prom oting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative vitality of nature but a supreme being intelligent and benevolent, the answer must be a reluctant negative. Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History (1968). Writers of eleven volume    The Story of Civilization  (1927–1975), a collection of influential books that document Western history. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

“The abominable laws respecting [women in the Bible] . . . are a disgrace to civilization and English literature; and any family which permits such a volume to lie on their parlor-table ought to be ostracized from all respectable society. . .” Ella E. Gibson, The Godly Women of the Bible by an Ungodly Woman of the Nineteenth Century, 1870s. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

“Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.” Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion (1927) Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

On this date in 1925, teacher John Scopes, of Dayton, Tenn., was arrested for teaching evolution. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Many of our religious friends have heard Islam is a religion of peace. Consider the following: Quran Surah 6: Many generations have been destroyed by Allah. 6  Allah will torment those who deny his revelations. 49  Those who disbelieve will be forced to drink boiling water, and will face a painful doom. 70  When nonbelievers die, the angels will deliver to them doom and degradation. 93 Allah chooses to lead some astray, and he lays ignominy on those who disbelieve. 125  Allah will send everyone the Fire, except those he chooses to deliver. 128   Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

There are some changes going on in Saudi Arabia. Saudi women are now allowed to ride bicycles. Also, Saudi women will finally be allowed to drive cars this summer.  Religious police continue to watch public spaces to enforce conservative dress rules, bans on music and alcohol, prayer-time store closures and the mixing of unrelated men and women. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering