> certain interpretations of the Koran lead to terrorism No, any belief in it or any other religion, leads to killing and oppression. As Old Man Jay says, it's

> certain interpretations of the Koran lead to terrorism No, any belief in it or any other religion, leads to killing and oppression. As Old Man Jay says, it's the act of believing, not the belief per-se that's the issue. When you believe that there's a god above who will reward you infinitely it's going to skew your worldly actions one way or the other. You'll do what you're told, right or wrong, and that's the #1 ingredient for ISIS, Nazis, etc. > other literal interpretations of the Bible that are much more in tune with scientific knowledge of astronomy and origins And there are discussion of Star Wars that attempt to explain the Death Star in terms of the economic power of the empire. If you tried hard-enough you could see Winnie-the-Pooh as a messiah-figure and use the story as a creation allegory, but it wouldn't give you any value. You can't retcon fact into a work of fiction. > all sides of a debate. Unlike the evening news, having a differing opinion doesn't make something a debate. In real-life the right answer is rarely an average of all answers. It's easy to dismiss religion, and entirely reasonable to do so, as it is to dismiss alien-made crop circles.