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openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
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If god created us all, then he would have created us all no matter what - with imperfections too, like no common sense. Why would someone want to worship a god that created him with cerebral palsey, or any other disease? And if god is the creator of everything, why don't i see all other living things worshipping him?
No, I don't know everything and I do make mistakes - but it's up to our parents to raise us correctly, and instil the required knowledge in us to avoid more mistakes, god doesn't do this for me.
If Islam isn't frightened of other religions, why is there an Islamic Republic who denies the holocaust happened and believes the US is the enemy of their religion? Why is there even an Islamic Republic - why not be a secular state if Islam isn't afraid?
Can you also explain how Islam has the answers for everything?
Yes, the US was formed after bloodshed - are you saying that you like the US, and that they are a strong nation because of that bloodshed? You don't need religion to bring unity, all you need is a common goal. In countries recently it has been Democracy that has done that, or a need to escape from tyranny. People unite to try and save the whales, but I'm sure they wouldn't do any better if religion was the motivator ;-)