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... is you and other atheists like to put ALL believers in one big melting pot and assume we're all self-righteous holier-than-thou fundamentalists/Taliban mentality-type people. We're not. Some are, granted, some are not ... try to differentiate.
And your last post illustrates EXACTLY what I was talking about ... you're still defining God in the narrow terms of the followers of Christianity/Old Testament, etc. Why continue to take your cue from them? Who asked you to?
And why do you assume God needs us to worship Him? This actually brings up a very interesting point, that few in the West know about (and, for that matter, Muslims themselves). Forget for a minute the tired old stereotypical crap you hear about Islam from your MSM ... for those that actually investigate and read the Qur'an, there are passages that reflect on this very idea of worship:
God does not need us to worship Him, He is entirely self-sufficient. He needs absolutely nothing from us. It is not for His benefit or his need that we pray, treat our fellow man with kindness, etc. It is for our benefit. I've given the Coles Notes version of this concept, for sake of brevity.
Now I know that as soon as I mentioned Islam, the Qur'an (heaven forbid! She mentioned an example of organized religion! And OMG, she might be one of those!!!) most of you tuned out anyway and dismissed anything I had to say. So dismiss away.
