Why Islam Is Man-Made #2

     About a year ago, the second-best bodybuilder in our gym came back from his first year at Berkeley. As expected now, he was now very critical of the Western World. It wasn't long before I heard him denigrating Europe for the Crusades because they killed so many Muslims. Deciding that if I could hear him, I was going to participate in the discussion. I said something about the West was simply recapturing land the Muslims had taken. That comment was not appreciated, though this year, when he came back from Berkeley and saw me still there lifting, the bodybuilder quickly offered his hand and said it was good to see me.
     Nonie Darwish in her extraordinary Cruel And Unusual Punishment writes that 150 million people in the Middle East and another 120 million people in Africa have been killed by the Muslims since the Muslim Conquest began in the seventh century.
     The Muslims contend that this has been a Holy Conquest demanded by God and can cite several passages in the Koran that the infidel must convert or be killed. But doesn't that make you wonder if God wanted the Infidel to be killed, why did he create the Infidel? You say He did it as a test. A test of what then?
Man's faithfulness to God, you say. Then why didn't He just make Man faithful to God? Wouldn't that be far more fair to all concerned, rather than testing Man's faithfulness to God by demanding Man rape, pillage, torture,dismember, and kill to prove himself? Wouldn't you be more of a Man if you said to God, "First God, I have no evidence that you said I had to kill or convert the Infidel and no one has offered me evidence, just the threat of death if I even doubt - which makes me doubt even more since I have at least two brain cells to rub together. On top of that, I don't understand why I or anyone should have to rape, pillage, torture, dismember, and kill to further Your religion. If it's so good, let it speak for itself. Don't use the sword but the word, like Christ and everyone else seeking to promote their particular religion has done. Well, except the Communist Socialists and the Nazi Socialists. I'm sorry, God, but since I have no evidence beyond Muhammed and the Koran, that you personally want me to act in such an un-Manly way, I'm going to take a pass for now. To tell you the truth, even if You appeared to me and told me to do these things and then took me to a Notary Public, wrote down your orders, and had them stamped and sealed, I still would not go on jihad because, God, I wouldn't think it would be You, but the Devil impersonating You. Because God does not stand for raping, pillaging, torturing, dismembering, and killing people including women and children because they aren't Muslims. That's not godly outreach, God. That's Satan's outreach.
Peter Nickerson, Philosophy Major, Class of '68.