A religion is not just the interpretations of its followers or leaders. Especially when there are so many different sects believing different things. There are plenty Christian churches that don't believe that the bible is the living word of God, and don't believe that everything in it is 100% true, or infallible. And also say to discover the truths behind these beliefs for yourself, and not to worry about what your neighbor thinks. The Bible is just another tool. And it was written by groups of men. Not God. This is what the Catholic church teaches, but they used to be considered non-Christian by the descendants of the 19th century Christian apocalyptic movements.
Religions do have a set of standards and principles, but most are internal, not external. They don't say to go out and change the way others think. They say to worry about the plank in your own eye instead of the grain of sand in your neighbors. Politics is what came in and used religion and faith as an excuse to kill, and fuel to motivate people to become killers. And in places like Saudi Arabia where religion is used to police the citizens and to maintain power, tweeting something like that puts that man at odds with the sitting power structure. If you want to attack religiosity in that capacity, then I'm with you.
Religions do have a set of standards and principles, but most are internal, not external. They don't say to go out and change the way others think. They say to worry about the plank in your own eye instead of the grain of sand in your neighbors. Politics is what came in and used religion and faith as an excuse to kill, and fuel to motivate people to become killers. And in places like Saudi Arabia where religion is used to police the citizens and to maintain power, tweeting something like that puts that man at odds with the sitting power structure. If you want to attack religiosity in that capacity, then I'm with you.
is commonly defined in Islam as the rejection in word or deed of one's former religion (apostasy) by a person who was previously a follower of Islam. The Qur'an itself does not prescribe any earthly punishment for apostasy; Islamic scholarship differs on its punishment, ranging from execution – based on an interpretation of certain hadiths – to no punishment at all as long as they "do not work against the Muslim society or nation."[1] The majority of Muslim scholars hold to the traditional view that apostasy is punishable by death or imprisonment until repentance, at least for adult men of sound mind.[2][3] However, a number of contemporary Muslims, including influential Islamic reformers have rejected this, arguing for religious freedom instead.[4][2] According to Islamic law apostasy is identified by a list of actions such as conversion to another religion, denying the existence of God, rejecting the prophets, mocking God or the prophets, idol worship, rejecting the sharia, or permitting behavior that is forbidden by the sharia, such as adultery.[5]
