01-26-2010, 02:02 PM
Quote:Edit: Ok, found some references to books -- recommended by ex-Muslim friend of mine (she is very critical of Islam now that she is Westernized);Well, as an ex-Catholic who has become critical of Christianity after he was educated, I highly recommend you Why I Am Not a Christian from Bertrand Russell.
Why I am not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq
"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes....A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men."