re: #117 Nyet

A rationalist critique of any religion is always welcome, as far as I’m concerned. The problem with his is that it is so vitriolic that it loses any vestige of rationality and on top of that leads to errors of fact (generalizations and inaccuracies). The same happens to most critics of Islam in the mold of Spencer. There are extremely problematic texts in Islam, Judaism, Christianity and other religions, they are a fair game (AFAIC), but they should also be put into historical and social context and not simply waved around like the bloody shirt.

THIS.