The Purpose of Religious Belief

I'm sure that the perpetrators of terror attacks carried out by Muslims are motivated by the thought of punishing the infidel or something like that, based on instructions in their holy book about what a person should believe.

From the little I know about Islam; its ideology is to convert the whole world or to destroy it in the process: redemption or destruction. This is the primary agenda of all monotheistic religions; this is Judaism's intention also; only the Jewish method is one of "wait and see" and letting events take their natural course". Islam and Christianity have a more militant approach to reaching this absurd goal. 

I emphasize that I don't reject all beliefs. But they are primarily symbolic and fictitious, science fiction in the minds of clever people with vivid imaginations thousands of years ago. The belief that hostile efforts can fulfil these goals is unacceptable. 

There is wisdom in those conceptions.  Mohammed, Jesus, Moses, and many others were wise people who logically figured out what the world needed to survive forever. It's a lovely idea, but it's not practical or realizable.

They've produced excellent books with sublime, powerful words. But the ideals are only good in theory. It's ridiculous to attempt to realise them. They are pipe dreams.

I love ideas. I fill my days with them, thinking and dreaming about them.

But should we endeavour to apply those concepts to our lives?  They belong in libraries, cinemas, theatres, art galleries, and churches. They add beauty to our existence and direct us to moral visions. The notions are romantic, and our existence benefits from imagining how wonderful the world would be if realised. But some are foolish, and we should not contemplate making them real. Their actuality abides in their creation. I will never plan to turn my life into the painting of a beautiful scene I happen to see in a gallery.

We love creativity and wisdom and express them forcefully, but are they practicable? Mankind's task is to decide what is possible and what is not. God gave us advice. The Bible uses the word commandments for emphasis, but they are, in fact, only suggestions, and we are obliged to choose which to fulfil and which not.

The almighty doesn't mean we must perform all His commandments. People who do that are crazy.

It wouldn't make sense for God to command us not to keep His laws. The best He could do to help us is to give us the example of Adam, who used discretion whether to obey the order not to eat the fruit of the tree of wisdom and decided to disobey the Lord and as a result of his disobedience human beings began to reproduce themselves and we exist.

Adam disobeyed, and that's what He expects us to do after due consideration.