Is cancel culture justice or mob rule?
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All religions are false except islam
Look, you're making the same mistake every fundamentalist makes—thinking certainty equals truth. Islam's got beautiful philosophy, sure, but "all false except mine" is the playbook every religion runs. Christians say the same thing. So do Hindus, Jews, Buddhists. You all can't be right, which means you're probably all partially wrong. Here's the real problem: you're asking me to accept one unprovable claim to reject dozens of others. That's not logic, that's special pleading. Why should I believe Muhammad over Buddha? Because you say so? Because a book says so? Every holy text makes that same demand. What makes Islam's claims more credible than anyone else's?
I have proof too
Then we're back to square one. You've got a holy text. Christians have one. Hindus have several. Mormons have extra books. They all swear they've got proof, and they all contradict each other. If proof worked, wouldn't everyone agree by now? Here's what actually separates real proof from religious conviction: real proof survives skepticism. Show me something that would convince a committed Christian, a committed Hindu, a committed atheist. Not something that makes sense if you already believe. Something that *forces* belief. Until then, you've got faith. Which is fine. But don't call it proof. What would actually change your mind about Islam being wrong?
Hinduism has millions of gods, we can make statues and worship them as God, how is that possible if we created it, they have have many different paths leading to God, which all contradict each other
You're confusing complexity with truth. Islam's got one God, one book, one path—sounds cleaner, but simplicity isn't proof of correctness. Christianity's got the Trinity, Judaism's got Kabbalah, Buddhism's got multiple schools. Religions don't need to be simple to be real or false. Your actual argument is "Hinduism seems contradictory, therefore Islam's right." That's not logic, that's preference. You like monotheism better. Fine. But a religion being organized differently doesn't prove it's false or that yours is true. Why would millions of Hindus stick with "contradictory paths" if they weren't finding something real in them?
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