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Taking Religion Too Seriously
There are good ways and bad ways to die. Then there was the death afforded, around A.D. 750, to a Persian political adviser named Ibn al-Muqaffa. His limbs were dispatched from his body, and he was forced to watch as they were roasted slowly in an oven.
This punishment was visited upon Muqaffa in part because he’d committed blasphemy. He’d apparently suggested that the Shariah — God’s law under Islam — be codified into written rules to facilitate a just society.
-- Dwight Garner at The New York Times
Considering how overwrought people can become when swayed by the passions of faith, maybe it is better to struggle with meaninglessness. Even God can be taken too seriously.
This punishment was visited upon Muqaffa in part because he’d committed blasphemy. He’d apparently suggested that the Shariah — God’s law under Islam — be codified into written rules to facilitate a just society.
-- Dwight Garner at The New York Times
Considering how overwrought people can become when swayed by the passions of faith, maybe it is better to struggle with meaninglessness. Even God can be taken too seriously.