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Originally posted by Britneyslave
First of all, i dont think if i converted to a Christian, i'd be killed. I could make the same assumption about a Christian, im presumming. Actually, you'd be surprised how much i know about Christianity, really. I know ALOT about it. I have freinds who are really passionate about Christianity and they teach me it all the time, and i teach them Islam all the time, it's really cool. Secondly, when i was in Junior high, i wanted to learn about Christianity. So i picked a perfect book to read titled, "The Bible, The Qur'an and Science." It is written by a Christian scholar himself. He talked himself how science itself proves the Bible wrong and how it actually shows the true light of the Qur'an. He then shows how he converted to Islam based on his findings. He actually sumbled upon them incidentally and had no intention about learning about Islam.
Yes, The Prophet Mohammad (p.b.u.h) died of sickness. He is definetely not a recent being. He was born on April 22, 570 A.D. I would read the Gospels, although i believe in most of it, Muslims do believe there have been some additions as well as subtractions to it. How do we ask for forgiveness? We dont ask priests or high beings in our religions, we ask God himself with only the true intention of not doing the sin again. Allah is the merciful so he does forgive our sins, but if we commit our sins without care, then we will be punished for it.
As for the reasoning that man created religion, i dont think that's true. A religion follows a Holy Book. Therefore when the Bible was written, a religion was written as well. The following of the Bible is a religion and the same with the Qur'an. Actually, Islam isn't a religion, it's a way of life. I shouldn't have written the word "basically" because the Qur'an IS the true word of Allah himself. Sorry, my bad.
Even if you love God, writing a book under his inspiration still doesn't mean that the book is completely correct. I, myself, can point out contradictions within The Bible directly from where they came from, if you want me to, i will. |
I read somewhere that it was against your culture to convert. I was only speaking on behalf of what I read. Sorry for my ignorance. And presuming I would ever become one of the Muslim religion, I would not be killed. Here in America, we have the freedom to whatever religion we decide. We can create our own for all the gov't knows. It wouldn't be a true religion because I don't have the smarts to come up with a religion on my own.
I'm...I'm...just being honest.
Do you believe that man's story was a turn directed by God or just by coincidence. I believe there are no coincidences, and since Islam is not a religion based on Christ, I see it as the devil holding him hostage because the devil will provide 'facts' for people to believe. He will do anything to deceive any person. That is the reason for Satan, the cause of all deception. I pray to God that I am not being deceived as I believe wholeheartedly in the power of God and the mercy He gives.
I am thankful every day for my life, and I can thank God personally. I don't have to get down in some certain way to pray, or in some direction. I can stand up and pray, I can sit down and pray, I can lay down and pray. My God is a personal God and He knows my thoughts, He knows my desires. And when I ask Him to take my desires away, He pulls through. He just wants to hear my voice, above all others - He wants to know that I am faithful to what I believe in, instead of denying Him. He knows exactly what I'm about to say before I say it, heck, He knew ten years ago...it's the fact that I said it out loud for Him to hear that makes Him smile. That lets Him know that I am His child, and He is my Most Gracious Heavenly Father. He is my life.
The Qur'an wasn't written under the inspiration from God, but actually God's words. Sure. I honestly do not believe that. God wants to embrace, though He has humbled Himself enough by coming down to earth to teach us through His Son the teachings and the ways of God Himself, He will not sit down and write out the rules. That is what inspiration is from. The prophets wouldn't have to lie, there would be no need to. They wrote from experience, with Jesus, the Messiah. (Who can set all of us free but we just won't let Him unlock us. He's the Key, we're locked. Only one way out.) They saw Him do wonders and miracles, they even saw Him heal. It will take Him coming back to prove that He is real and I doubt He'll be as lenient as He could be.
Christianity isn't a religion to me, it's the way I live my life. Trying my hardest to be like Christ which is impossible because I am not God, but the effort and the point is that I try to be as godly as I can through my life, how I act, how I treat people. Though, I shouldn't share what is holy (which will make it unholy), I will never be knowledgable enough for you to understand God's way. God wants you to be personal with Him. God is and very well could be some giant tyrant that strikes you dead, but we all have free will. And I believe free will only holds us back.
I don't ask priests or high beings for my forgiveness, I ask Jesus the Son of God to forgive me. There's a similarity between the religion of Islam and Christianity. I go to a non-denominational church and all we do is listen to the pastor/preacher speak straight from the Bible. Scripture, scripture, scripture. And the most awesome worship you could possibly experience. You can feel God's presence when you are worshipping Him. He's not just there, but embracing. It's out of this world, and being filled with His spirit is the best feeling I've ever had. Better than getting high, better than getting drunk. Better than all of the sensations in the world. The uncontrollable joy and happiness you feel makes you want to be like that forever. God is amazing and I wish people would open their eyes to His awesomeness, instead of focusing on how 'perfect' they have to be to come to Him. You don't have to be perfect. You tie the shoelaces once you put the shoe on. Jesus is the sole. You walk on Him, but He remains with you. He takes your wear and tear and doesn't ask you to stop being so rough. You don't notice that you hurt yourself each time you do something bad/wrong. You know it's wrong because it's in your heart that it is. You still walk on, though. Once Jesus lives in you, you will want to change for the better into a whole 'nother person. It's not that you're "giving the bad stuff up," it's what you are getting in return. For free!!! You will want to get rid of what is bad to draw closer to God, through Jesus. God is too great to get to without Jesus giving you the latter to climb. Don't turn your back on God, turn your back on the things that break your own heart in the long run. Do things for the benefit of others and for you, within reason (like cheating could be seen as helping another person, but it's pretty much wrong because it does not honor nor respect your own self).
And I'm off, I hope someone reads this.