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What a complete waste of time. If you're going to be forced to cram a book that size it would be great if it contained knowledge rooted in science. Think about it: you could start today and within two decades you'd have a generation of actual scholars. Somalia would leap ahead.

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I don't consider it a waste of time. In fact, I am reading it right now. And yes, I do plan to start coding when I finish my recitation today :)

You’re reading that particular book because you happen to be born into a particular culture in a particular moment in time. It’s not a truth of the universe, it’s an accident of your circumstances.

Just like every other sacred text.

Well, I am glad I was born in those circumstances as a muslim :)

Obviously. That’s how belief works. If you were born at any time in any place, you might well have said the same with respect to any other set of beliefs.

You can have your book, just don’t delude yourself into believing it’s special because everyone around you says it is special. And that goes for everyone born everywhere at every time.

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