I had to think a lot for a response to your posts.
“It is like a curse if one “wasted� his/her life on what he thought was right�
Thing is, even if I knew I was wrong, it wouldn´t feel like a waste. My religion, as I was thought it, does not allow much room for sacrifice. There is no instructions on how many times I have to pray, at what time, in which direction etc. There are no restriction on what I have to eat or drink. Nobody tells me what percentage of my possessions I have to give to charity. I can choose to ignore Vatican preachings on chastity and the like. I pray when my heart tells me to pray and basically all I have to do is to love God and treat everyone just as I would like to be treated. Entering a church is not an obligation but a delight. So that´s pretty much about it. How would it feel like a waste, even if it was wrong?
Even if Super7 is was right, and there is nothing but black empty nothingness after we die, at least I rest assured that, because of my religion, I didn´t live my life as an a$$hole. So it is worth it.
Then again, yes, for me the purpose of my religion is to be happy –happiness implying a peaceful clean soul, faith and hope, and of course love and knowing that God loves me. I never worry about the afterlife. I don´t know what is waiting for us after we die. All I know is that I have faith in God´s mercy.
You said you had to research about your religion. But how could that be possible? How did you do it? You see, Islamic countries (including Qatar) are fierce censors when it comes to religious material. You have no access to books, publications or websites that portray islam in an objective, realistic and less favourable way. So your research must have been limited to what your Islamic country allows you to see. Why do Islamic countries make it so difficult when searching for the truth? Why do they censor religious material? Are they scared that their increasingly better educated people will be willing to read material that does not portray islam as the True Path to God?
Non Muslims: Christians, atheist, jews etc, know that the Quran is not the word of God. Many other false prophets have claimed that their religion was revealed by an angel (i.e. the founder of Mormons who said it was revealed by Angel Gabriel). Jesus predicted that false prophets would come after him, and yes they have. But God´s ways are a mystery to us and if the Quran has helped millions to reach for Him (peaceful muslims, suicide bombers, train blowers and the like are not included) then, I have no objection against Islam and I accept it as a different path to God.
And one last point. I´m not going to be hypocrite enough to claim that I would still be a Christian was I born in a muslim country and raised by a muslim family. Of course I would be a muslim. How could I be allowed to embrace any other faith?
I had to think a lot for a response to your posts.
“It is like a curse if one “wasted� his/her life on what he thought was right�
Thing is, even if I knew I was wrong, it wouldn´t feel like a waste. My religion, as I was thought it, does not allow much room for sacrifice. There is no instructions on how many times I have to pray, at what time, in which direction etc. There are no restriction on what I have to eat or drink. Nobody tells me what percentage of my possessions I have to give to charity. I can choose to ignore Vatican preachings on chastity and the like. I pray when my heart tells me to pray and basically all I have to do is to love God and treat everyone just as I would like to be treated. Entering a church is not an obligation but a delight. So that´s pretty much about it. How would it feel like a waste, even if it was wrong?
Even if Super7 is was right, and there is nothing but black empty nothingness after we die, at least I rest assured that, because of my religion, I didn´t live my life as an a$$hole. So it is worth it.
Then again, yes, for me the purpose of my religion is to be happy –happiness implying a peaceful clean soul, faith and hope, and of course love and knowing that God loves me. I never worry about the afterlife. I don´t know what is waiting for us after we die. All I know is that I have faith in God´s mercy.
You said you had to research about your religion. But how could that be possible? How did you do it? You see, Islamic countries (including Qatar) are fierce censors when it comes to religious material. You have no access to books, publications or websites that portray islam in an objective, realistic and less favourable way. So your research must have been limited to what your Islamic country allows you to see. Why do Islamic countries make it so difficult when searching for the truth? Why do they censor religious material? Are they scared that their increasingly better educated people will be willing to read material that does not portray islam as the True Path to God?
Non Muslims: Christians, atheist, jews etc, know that the Quran is not the word of God. Many other false prophets have claimed that their religion was revealed by an angel (i.e. the founder of Mormons who said it was revealed by Angel Gabriel). Jesus predicted that false prophets would come after him, and yes they have. But God´s ways are a mystery to us and if the Quran has helped millions to reach for Him (peaceful muslims, suicide bombers, train blowers and the like are not included) then, I have no objection against Islam and I accept it as a different path to God.
And one last point. I´m not going to be hypocrite enough to claim that I would still be a Christian was I born in a muslim country and raised by a muslim family. Of course I would be a muslim. How could I be allowed to embrace any other faith?