of course, explains why the Islams all seem, well, not to put too fine a point on it,
nuts.
You try living with a religion that in its essential tenets denies the logical principle of non-contradiction.
Actually, to see what happens when you try to do that, read a life of Friedrich Nietzsche cause that's what he tried to do, and look where he ended up.
Having a grip on reality requires first that you understand and trust that reality to be grippable. Islams suffer from an overly slippery universe and, like all children terrified of being abandoned, have a killing grip instead on their imaginary father's hand.
Trouble is, logic, which is, I believe, latent in every human mind, tells them that there's no father there.
And if they look up, they see a monster.
Nice.
Which is why in this case it really is better to beat 'em than join 'em.
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I'm attempting to slog my way through a Koran translation, and...it's different. For starters, there's minimal-to-zilch inherent context. Trying to read it without a commentary would be an exercise in futility.
It's essentially a long monologue by Allah, who is so transcendent it's hard to understand why he should give a rat's tuchus about his lowly slaves. There's much about how merciful he is if you repent, but again it's difficult to figure out why. There is no God-with-us to be found.
And despite the theme of universal brotherhood, the fact is that all men are slaves to Allah first. History's pretty clear that slave communities have been remarkably bad to each other.
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