My Feelings on Religion

Firstly, I must state that I am an agnost. I must say I am disenchanted by the idea of belief and faith - I'm an empiricist by nature, so no religion can really be "true" in my eyes. Its not just that too - I have issues with Islam itself. Perhaps my thinking is highly influenced by the western individualistic model, but I can' t accept that a woman's testimony is worth half that of a man's, especially when the rationale supplied by clerics is that women lose their sense of judgement when they menstruate, or have psychological problems (yet we let them peform something so demanding such as surgery). Nor can I accept that a non-Muslim is worth half in terms of testimony and blood money. And lets not even get into the certain portions concerning the conduct of war - how the winners may make slaves of the women, and are even allowed to copulate with them. Such things don't fit the morality of current times, and if religion and the Quran is for all times and ages, then its not for me.

Plus there's the issue of religious doctrine superseeding actions. I have a policy when it comes to this:

A God that judges you on your beliefs rather than your action, is a God not worth believing in.