Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

(49,533 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2015, 09:34 AM Apr 2015

Losing My Religion? [View all]

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/04/losing_my_religion_.html

Remember that song by REM “Losing my religion”? It was quite a hit in the late 90s, early 2000…

Sadly, that’s how I have been feeling for quite some time now about my relation with my religion, Islam. A deep sadness and despair over the decay of the Arab world… since Boabdil, the Emir of Granada, surrendered the last Islamic bastion in Spain to the Catholic monarchs. The date was 2 January 1492. It marked the final stage of what is widely considered to have been a brilliant 800 year civilization.

The Arabs had just lost Al-Andalus. And the Arabs never recovered since. It’s been downhill since that fateful day. But who’s to blame? The usual scapegoats? The West? The Jews? The “Apostates”? All of them?

I say WE are to blame and no one else…

Powerful story, but I'm sure there are folks here on DU who have never been Muslims who would love to tell him how wrong he is.

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Losing My Religion? [View all] trotsky Apr 2015 OP

Indeed nil desperandum Apr 2015 #1

That is a powerful story, and... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #2

The Armor of God trotsky Apr 2015 #3

Well, you can go on blaming religion as the worst of the boogey-men... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #4

Care to address the points made about the uniqueness of religion? trotsky Apr 2015 #5

Care to addres my point about our gullibility... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #7

Anti-vaxers? trotsky Apr 2015 #9

Of course they do, it's just that... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #13

Well I'm glad we've established that your straw man is indeed in a world of hurt. trotsky Apr 2015 #14

Nothing to address there.... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #16

Great, then we agree! n/t trotsky Apr 2015 #28

Religion wouldn't have half a chance trying to match Mao's purges AlbertCat Apr 2015 #26

Religion had nothing to do with the Holocaust? beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #17

What apologist lie? Jews were singled out... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #19

Ask Martin Luther. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #20

Nazi death camps, AlbertCat Apr 2015 #24

Hmmmmmm.... AlbertCat Apr 2015 #6

...and losing the girl...don't forget losing the girl. PassingFair Apr 2015 #8

Then there's Taydolf Swiftler... onager Apr 2015 #25

Sorry about this, but just in case there's anyone who hasn't heard it - mr blur Apr 2015 #11

That reminded me of this.... AlbertCat Apr 2015 #12

No need to be sorry for that one! trotsky Apr 2015 #15

And another... onager Apr 2015 #27

"lose my religion" Promethean Apr 2015 #21

Yep, a common old saying in the South. onager Apr 2015 #22

K&R for yet another great article posted in this forum. n/t deucemagnet Apr 2015 #10

My heart aches for this man. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #18

we knew we were Muslims by birth. AlbertCat Apr 2015 #23

As noted "self-described anti-theist" ;-) Richard Dawkins has said... trotsky Apr 2015 #29

“Losing my religion” by REM yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2015 #30