At this time I am reading the Koran not for spiritualism but for understanding, so far I find it hard to keep a favorable view of Islam for many things I find hard to swallow as truth or that the Koran is absolute, I find many passages are riddled with hatefulness and not tolerance as proclaimed by many Muslims, many ending always talk about Hell, Hell, Hell, instead of me feeling hope and love it’s more of fear, that you are not given any choice to follow or not, not because you believe but because you must or Muslims will make war and kill you because you are a non-believer, instead of trying to teach me and show me the way of a loving God(Allah) they would just assume that if I don’t want to convert than I must die.
Other religions do not teach that, of course with that belief there will never be any peace, how could there be?
If I wanted to make friends with somebody and help them live better would I start by telling them if they don’t do as I say than I will hurt or kill them, or is it better to show them the teachings I believe in and let them see for themselves my good deeds and how I have true inner peace because of that belief, you make friends not by slapping them in the face but by a simple hand shake and a hello.
I want to understand the Muslims but if this is what they believe in then there will never be any peace because their belief system does not allow for any other interpretation than war with non-believers.
I don’t mean to offend Muslims but I am reading with my eye’s and mind open to good ideals but so far not many have presented themselves in the Koran, about the only one I feel strong about and agree with is the giving of Zakat(charity).
If they truly believe everything in the Koran then slavery is still an acceptable practice, Muslims also believe women are inferior to men because they are (physically) the weaker sex in brute power, in many cases women have less physical prowess then men, but sometimes women are just as strong and stronger than their male counter parts, there are plenty of women I would not choose to tangle with because the outcome could be quiet embarrassing, also it says that men are the maintainers of women, but what happens if a woman is smart and wealthy and builds a strong foundation for herself with out a man? Then is she not an equal? That is why I believe that in many Islamic countries women are held down so they cannot achieve that standard I just wrote about. Anyway I got plenty of continued reading ahead, farewell for now.
hello ,
when you judge QURAN you should read all of it not part .
islam is the last rock in the building .
it was always 1 building with 1 message : worship to GOD the only GOD the unique great GOD he has no similar .
so as islam is the last message before the judgement day , would you think QURAN should'nt scare people from being atheists as most of nations all over history were ?
QURAN scares you from being like those lost people and tells you what happened to them , and what will happen to the good people ,
if there is an exam in a college that will determine your whole life afterwards : getting a good job or not , being rich or suffer from poverty , there will be success and fail.
if you are the teacher , wouldn't you scare your students from failing ?
would'nt you tell them that sucess means good life and happiness ?
if you are a teacher you would scare your students from failing and you would encourage them to succeed .
some of the successor people may not enjoy good life yes coz we are humans and our estimated rewards may not be 100 % sure .
so what about god who has the full power and he assures that the reward is 100 % will be for the good people and also the punish is 100 % for the bad people .
so why do you decide to be on the bad side not the good side ?
please , please ,please read this very small part of QURAN on the following link , read from verse 1 to verse 31 :
http://quran.al-islam.com/Targama/DispTargam.asp?nType=1&nSeg=0&l=eng&nSora=76&nAya=1&t=eng
its a small proof that QURAAN is not full of fear as you say , its only scaring those who will remain atheist till the end of life and die atheists .
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i want to tell you and to tell every atheist an important thing :
never judge message of ALLAH by its followers , for example :
stealing is not allowed in islam , so if you find a muslim guy who is a famous theif , or you find so man muslim theives , would you say islam is bad ?
islam is the truth and the guide of the human to be in his best state but if people apply it wrong or don't follow its guidance , then its their wrong understanding not the islam's fault.
me and millions , and yes you heard it right : millions of muslims never killed a dog in their life , so what about killing humans without the right to do ?
war in islam and fighting those who stand as an opbstacle in the way of delivering the message of GOD has its rules .
man , im not allowed as a muslim to kill a cat , so what do you think about killing a human ?
the true islam never allows killing without the right to do,
it will be wonderfull for you if you know that killing a cat in islam without the right to do , is not allowed , and the punish for the killer is very strict no one can face it.
im not allowed to kill you if you steal me .
but im allowed to kill you ofcourse when you trying to kill my family or kill me or when you try to take over my country.
when i try to deliver the message of ALLAH , and you try to shut my mouth by killing me , then im allowed to kill you .
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now about the women part ,
do you know how GOD wants us to deal with women ?
im here talking about the rule , and ofcourse if the followers do otherthings then its their fauls no islam fault . make this the rule of your understanding of islam .
ok : a woman in islam is being dealt like a jewel , a husband is responsible of her 100 % , he must feed her , he must give her money , he must give her a good house , he must look after her in all her life as much as he can .
im a married man , i don't like my wife to work , do you know why ?
ok ok i tell you : i don't want her to suffer from transports everyday ,
i don't want her to be tired the whole day in work and then asking her to take care of the house .
i don't like her to have to be over stressed and then have no time to take care of her baby or feed him.
i don't like her to suffer trying to collect money , im the one responsible of giving her the money she needs , and so many things i cant count here but all of them are things most of women dream of ,
but what if my wife wants to work and she sees her self can do all things without being overstressed ,
ok my wife do what you want , go work , and earn money , good luck in work i hope you the best , i will be happy even if you become the manager of the company i work in , but i will still give yo money and give you your needs as if you are not earning any money as much as i can .
by the way there are thousands of muslim women who are more rich and higher in jobs than men in most of muslim countries .
good luck.
