Christopher Hitchens on Islam

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Christopher Hitchens and Andrew Sullivan on Tim Russert 25SEP04 discuss religion

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 11, 2006 at 2:01 am
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harehills786 (November 22, 2008 at 6:48 pm)
have no intention of burning in hell. So jus in case when there is a single star in the sky straight away the pathway of forgivness will close The writing in the Quran willvanish, The sun will lower itself with the earth Prophet Mohammed (SAW) said whoever delivers this news to someone else I will on the day of judgement make him a place in PARADISE please pass this to every Muslim
AkatsukiKanjiKana3 (November 22, 2008 at 6:44 pm)
People who follow strict religious guidelines out of fear or duty (referring to "holy books") and false teachers or "false" prophets (all "prophetic religions" are obviously man-made and therefore fraudulent) will suffer loss and punishment caused at least in part by those who led them astray. This is a common sense principle which is contradicted by Sura 34:50, a severe error and a glaring contradiction in the Qur'an.
AkatsukiKanjiKana3 (November 22, 2008 at 6:42 pm)
In Quran: Sura 34:50, Muhammad is commanded to say the following:

Say: If I go astray, I go astray only to my own loss; if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. He is All-hearing, Ever-nigh. Arberry

Say: "If (even) I go astray, I shall stray only to my own loss. But if I remain guided, it is because of the Inspiration of my Lord to me. Truly, He is All-­Hearer, Ever Near (to all things)." Hilali & Khan
AkatsukiKanjiKana3 (November 22, 2008 at 6:42 pm)
The error in this verse should be obvious to anyone pondering this statement for a little bit. The issue here is not whether, objectively, Muhammad (the self-proclaimed prophet of Islam) went astray or was guided; Muslims and non-Muslims will continue to disagree about that. This verse is logically wrong, independent of whether Muhammad was guided or not. Muhammad is also far from being "sinless" in the Quran and at one point had been "demon possessed: Satanic Verses; his own spoken testimony."
AkatsukiKanjiKana3 (November 22, 2008 at 6:41 pm)
Muslims are commanded in the Qur'an to take Muhammad as their model (thus, turn into Jihadists) who is known as al-Insan al-Kamil (the perfect man), and therefore many Muslims imitate him in the smallest details of life. They dress like him, wipe ass w/odd number stones, kiss black idol stone n' other absurd rituals/superstitions, they use a miswak to brush their teeth like Muhammad did, etc. If Muhammad was wrong, then this would mean a life of unnecessary inconvenience for millions of Muslims.
AkatsukiKanjiKana3 (November 22, 2008 at 6:40 pm)
There are, however, a lot of not so trivial aspects. If Muhammad's "holy" message and regulations were wrong, he has subjected millions of Muslim women to a life of misery ( watch?v=rACj2_7_orY ) without any reward in return! Moreover, not only those who followed Muhammad have lost, but millions of the so-called "unbelievers" have suffered because Muslims have either killed them for their lack of faith, or forced Muhammad's regulations on them and subjected them to live as second-class citizens.
cocksuckerfaggotmodi (November 22, 2008 at 4:09 pm)
thanks for showing complete ignorance retard.
if it wasn't for the arab preservation of ancient greek texts of philosophy, geometry and persian, indian arab contribution to algebra, there wouldn't have been a Sir Isaac Newton.
gandhi had deep respect forislam. he feared fanaticism and superiority complexes in all religions. that is why white british christians, nationalists hindus and muslims, both hated him.
islam isn't anti- knowledge, wahhabism/ salafism are. you need to research more.
cocksuckerfaggotmodi (November 22, 2008 at 4:05 pm)
you cannot say you hate zionists but like religious jews for judaism is paganism. after moses, the khazars integrated occultism into their practices.
they instigated the murder of christ and maligned his teachings.
christianity is a pagan sham. the bible was written 40 years after christ's death. paul was a bounty hunter who was responsible for the death's of true christians.
christianity adopted the pagan nonsense that existed in judaism.
cocksuckerfaggotmodi (November 22, 2008 at 4:03 pm)
the quran purpotedly carries the knowledge but it is inherent upon the reader to discern. after the prophet died, the caliphs abu bakr, umar, usmantook over. they wrote false hadiths contrary to the quran, started conquests and maligned the name of islam. today, 85 percent plus muslims honor those three and walk in their corrupt legacy.
AkatsukiKanjiKana3 (November 22, 2008 at 10:16 am)
To those that claim Quran is a font of scientific knowledge. Y did no Muslim in 1400 YEARS manage to deduce the laws of planetary motion, Big Bang, relativity, elecromagnetic theoriesi, invent computers or the internet etc., frm the Quran? Why is it only AFTER Kafirs (non-Muslims) have made these breakthroughs that Muslims all of the sudden discover Quranic "scientific miracles"? Muslim world struggles for Democracy & Human Rights. Name 1 single invention that came frm a muslim out of the quran.
 
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