Birds and animals in general have no free will. They act on instincts. They will not be reward nor punished.
We are sure about it because we have many proofs. Not only that....but look around yourself. You seriously believe this world poofed outta nowhere. How amazingly this world is created....you believe it had no creator ?
If religions are a scam, no reward or punishment for anyone.
There are no proofs for anything, that's why every religion thrives. If one had proof, it would debunk all the others.
Just because we have no answers for things we dont have to make stuff up and attribute it to imaginary divine beings...
If you believe that a creator made it all, which creator was it? Odin, Ra, Zeus, Jewish god, Jesus, Allah? They couldnt all have done it. Which one of them is wrong, who is lying about it? Could it be, they are all lying?
Firstly....all kinds of Gods doesnt apply to us. We dont believe in all kinds of Gods. Since those made up Gods would have attributes that are not of the One God....Allah ( SWT). People creating a God, worshipping them and causing atrocities in their name....is something we also condemn. As we are not allowed to associate partners with God.
So the Quran, Islam and its way of life is all something a 5 year old wpuld believe ? Yet it harbours nearly 2 billion believers ? Alright....
Again I do agree that God has been used for to carry out many attrocities. But again you firstly mistake all fictional Gods and compare them to the real one. And you also group all people who believe in the true God.
Yes ISIS believe in Allah....and they commit attrocites in Allah's name. However Islam as a whole....condemns them just as much.
Doesnt apply to us... lol First step is to realize that you heard the story when you were too young to think straight and to question anything. Others dont believe in other gods too so your group aint no different than the other. You were taught not to believe in others, it is your job to to decide what you will believe into because the choice of religion is determined by pure chance where in the world one will be born into. To other religions Allah is also made up... Whether people condemn it or not is not the point, people of all religions have killed in the name of god, not a single one is an exception to it.
Yes, religion is taught to young children, good soldiers are recruited when they are very young because at those ages they cannot think straight, they cannot decide for themselves what is right or wrong. It is not a coincidence. 2 billion believers somehow changes the fact that each religion started as a sect formed by a couple of people? What did Islamic people believe in 2000 years ago? Religion is 1600 years old afaik, so what did they believe in before that? Nothing? Because there was no story for little children?
Who says that some gods are fictional while the others are real? Who can possibly know, lol? Every god is the true god, to his believers...
Why do you think religions are even true? Have you even entertained the idea that all of them might be wrong? Could it be that we have been lied to for thousands of years just to have a piece of mind?
So Murder is Ok since morality is subjective this is why I said there is no Objective source for morality other than God because if Morality is Subjective things like murder and rape aren’t objectively wrong.
Humans have murdered for thousands of years and it was ok. We have come a far way from those times and realized that it is better to live with structure and rules than to constantly play battle royale... That's why came to agreement that murder is not ok, to scare people into not doing it because life is simply better that way.
Where is the objective morality coming into play? In the supposed afterlife? It certainly not coming into play in our lifes since we all decide it based on our own experiences and circumstances which differ from individual to individual. Murder and rape are wrong because we decided it is a better life where those two are wrong, not so long ago we were doing both of them on daily basis...