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The guy makes some very good points....
Not gonna get in a debate about it.... but one thing that he hit right on point, was the ridiculous debates certain "scholars" have gotten into about interpreting the Koran.... I once watched a horrendous video of a Muslim scholar say "for a man and a woman to be able to work together in the same office, that the woman would have to breast feed the man, so it would not be a sin for them to be together" - This is one example that is very extreme and incredibly stupid, but there have been debates about more minute details (I'm sure in other relgions too)....
A very famous author said that many muslim scholars decipher the Koran wrong and this is why there is a problem with the religion today, he then went on to say that the relgion talks about science, about math, about biology, about geography, about physics, etc and he said that its is wrong for these "Relgious scholars" to be the ones to interpret the book.... so he hired scientists, biologists, etc etc etc to decipher certain sections of the book, and with his findings he released a book that "explains the Koran" from their perspectives.... my dad got the book and he said in his eyes it was the best interpretation of the Koran, Much much much much better than the interpretations of many Muslim "clerics" and "scholars" who were just spewing bullshit about what they believe is right - the name of this book is in Arabic translated to: "The Koran and the Book" - sadly not too long after it was published, the book was declared a defamation of the religion, it was banned in many muslim countries, and a warrant was out for this man's arrest.... even though the book was not meant to insult the religion, but it was another way to explain it and decipher it..... but muslim "clerics" were not happy about it and acted on it.
Thats something I've been so confused about regarding religion (ANY religion) if this is the word of god - WHY IS THERE SO MUCH AMBIGUITY.... why do people still debate the meanings of certain things.... if this is the almighty and all powerful god, then he should be able to explain things STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!