hi fruity. it's kinda hard to fault your logic there, i agree.
what's more, as i've mentioned before, the koran is supposed to be Allah's very own words. now, how the hell can you, a mere human being, dispute Allah's very own words when he's telling you in plain arabic that you have a duty to kill the infidels?
well, i guess the confusing part is that Allah in other parts also recommends peace.. so it's not quite as clear cut as it might seem..
still, my view is that peace is would be the status quo that humans assume, all other things being equal... ie, you don't need to tell them not to go around killing other humans for no good reason, that's what they'd do anyway...
so, i think the order to actually go around kiling other humans -- for no other reason except that have different religious beliefs -- would need to take precedence over the order to be peaceful.
you can also say the following:
1. allah is supremely intelligent (i don't think many muslims would disagree with that)
2. a supremely intelligent being would not contradict himself
3. allah contradicts himself (you can't be both peaceful AND kill your neighbor for having a different religion)
4. therefore allah doesn't exist.
and atheism isn't really a belief system, in the way christianity and islam are, it's really just a lack of certain beliefs (lack of belief in god, for example).
that said, there are some imlications of atheism that have rather unfortunate consequances. for example, atheism basicaly implies that there is no cosmic justice in the universe. so, if you had reason to believe you'd get away with something, and doing that thing served your pursposes, you would have no reason not to do it. eg, stalin's purges, the pol pot regime and others.....
religion isn't ALL bad...
