First and foremost, if there’s a God and he gave us brains to think in a logical and coherent matter then it’s only right that we attempt to use it as much as possible and gather as much knowledge as possible about everything.
With that being said, in order to be logically consistent we need to study and be aware of logical fallacies, especially when discussing religions. And believe me when I say that most religions and especially so called holy scriptures are full of logical fallacies or in other words faulty thinking. One small example that crosses my mind amongst the tens if not hundreds of other logical inconsistencies is when the Prophet Mohammad was challenged by the non believers, asking him to let his God torture them, in God’s words he replied to the non believers in the Quran that God won’t torture them whilst you’re (the prophet) amongst them. How is this the same God that describes himself as all powerful almighty? It seems contradictory knowing that he was unable to torture them while protecting his prophet.
We can approach the topic from a human perspective on the other end of the spectrum. The reason I’m focused on Christianity and Islam is due to their popularity. Let’s take Islam for example, which states that believers eventually go to heaven no matter how bad their deeds were as long as they believe in Allah, whereas a non believer no matter how good he does he won’t be going to heaven at all, and the concept and descriptions of both hell and heaven are so primitive in their descriptions according to Islam. But back to the main idea, how is this a fair and just system put in place? What kind of God is this?
In Islam, anyone who is caught stealing or confesses to stealing will have his hands cut off accordingly, of course because they didn’t know any better back then, 1400 years ago. How is this act justified from a human perspective? It’s not and never can be. How can this be a just and at the same time merciful God’s words? It’s not.
As an ex Muslim, I can say that religion unites us as a group but divides us as humans first and foremost, Islam and Christianity in particular. It gives us a false sense of security and arrogance at times, or sort of superiority complex. Above all, it limits our capacity to think clearly and seek answers elsewhere, other than in these outdated and meaningless scriptures, answers that help us build and sustain a better world for ourselves and for our fellow humans irrespective of anything else.
Towards a better future 