Suseonline, "We would be better off without organized religions at all".

And amongst the adherents of which religion, do you reckon, it is most organised, and most backward ? In 2016 ?

And most in need, as you rightly advocate, for abolition, or at least for strong and very sustained criticism, particularly in its vile attitudes to women ?

No fudging now, no going back to Deuteronomy :) We're in 2016. AD, not BC.

Joe

Yes Islam does seem to be an irredeemable toxic meme, but this toxicity does not have much to do with what Muhammad may or may not have done, nor does it have much to do with the obnoxious parts of the Koran.
The problem is much more primal than that. It has to do with the toxic brutalizing child-rearing practices that are the norm in many parts of the Muslim world. Such toxic child-rearing practices were once the norm all over the world, including the Christian West both Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox. Such toxic practices are still wide-spread in the Christian West. Including the USA via the various forms of resurgent back-to-the-past fundamentalisms that are now flexing their political muscles via the GOP.
Some essays, and a website which discuss this theme:
http://primal-page.com/terrorld.htm
http://primal-page.com/glazov.htm
http://primal-page.com/gibson.htm

Have we finally revealed Runner's true identity? Man that what bad, full of half truths and convenient omissions.

Look it's an easy answer Jon J touched on it, all religions are foolish, all have had the moments when they behaved like some elements of Islam is behaving now. If you think they haven't then you don't know your history very well.

Loudmouth the Christians are burning witches in Africa and other places when they can they bring out the old book.

Turnbull, smug with Muslim welcoming wets like pet Australian of the Year David Morrison, will certainly see more Far Right Independents in the Australian Senate after the April or September 2016 Election.

Turnbull may go the way of "Cologne Frau" Merkel http://canadafreepress.com/article/auf-wiedersehen-chancellor-merkel-the-sudden-decline-of-europes-iron-lady

Hi Cobber,

"Loudmouth the Christians are burning witches in Africa and other places when they can they bring out the old book."

And in Papua New Guinea, and in Pakistan, and perhaps still in Iran. probably in remote parts of China and Brazil, too. And certainly India.

So what's your point ? You could have mentioned beheadings, stonings, honor killings - do you have any comment on those, since they are at least as relevant ?

So are you suggesting that one evil sort of cancels out another ? Perhaps, on your logic, we shouldn't have opposed the Nazis, since look what the Assyrians did in the eighth century BC. Or Tamerlaine in the 14-15th century AD. Or what the Aztecs did to the Toltecs for hundreds of years.

It's 2016. What do we do about unspeakable evil today, now ?

Mind you, we can all channel our inner child and say "Well, you did to !" To which one could reply, "Yeah, well my daddy's a policeman and he'll put you in jail." To which another child could reply, "Well, so's mine and he can bash yours up." To which everybody could reply, with as much sense as your post, "Nyah ! Nyah !"

Call it like it is, Cobber; evil is evil, it should be condemned. Nope ? Too hard ?

Joe

We could do without one religion: islam, which is also a political organisation. Christianity and the other religions are harmless at worst and a good influence at best (even those denominations such as the Uniting Church which is crazy Left.) There is no good in Islam; there is only hate and violence.