Why don't you be a Muslim?

you are blinded by your religion and it will be your downfall

don't tell me you don't pass through hard times when you feel it is the end and you don't find anybody around you, it is very great to feel that you are not alone ant that there A God to Whom you can open your heart

Actually what you describe there is Christian belief as well, unless youve decided not to consider every episcopal (which is to say the various Catholic/Orthodox/Anglican comunions) denomination - which just happen to make up the vast majority of the christian populace - as being 'christian', which is quite a different area!

actually, i am an anglican, and it is NOT a christian belief that man can earn God's favour...christianity recognises the fact that, irrespective of his actions, man can never reach God purely by his own merit (ever hear of the Tower of Babyl?) which is why it was neccessary to send Jesus.

We are supposed to do good things purely out of love for others (the second greatest command in the bible is to 'love your neighbour as yourself') whereas in Islam you do good things to earn favour in the eyes of God for yourself.

Quite a big difference.

Ah i see, the way in which you worded that previously had me thinking you were something of a calvinist - everyone is predestined and the quality of life they lead is irrelevant. I understand what youre getting at now.

Why is that so strange. Like I have said before I have always believed in God I just didn't find the right religion for a long time.

THis is what's funny about religion. YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR ONE!
It's this that makes it so wrong

goodness, that is one of the strangest concepts i've ever heard. Is it "wrong" to search for a cure for cancer?! Ever hear of 'corruption'? Corruption is why it's neccessary to search. That, and a little thing called 'freewill'.

You completely missed my point.. corruption ?

If you believe in something why should you have to search? To check you are right? Because, as humans, we want to have common beliefs?

Surely something so easily chosen such as religion, and chosen on what may even be a whim, cannot be the scientific truth.

Religion is rarely chosen. More often than not it is something you are born into. Statistically if your parents are followers of a religion then you will follow in their footsteps. Of course there are exceptions, but they are a rarity.

Religion is rarely chosen. More often than not it is something you are born into. Statistically if your parents are followers of a religion then you will follow in their footsteps. Of course there are exceptions, but they are a rarity.

There is great strength to be found in independence and as i already stated my friends, family and other pleasures in life reassure me enough already during such times.

Have you ever considered not being a Muslim? Do you not feel your faith may limit and close your mind to new realms, possibilities and ways of thinking?

in fact no, everyday i discover something new about how much great my religion is and i feel how small i am .. i wish if all people can see and feel this greatness .. i promise that very soon i'll present some of the evidences that i collected but i'm still working on it to be brief so all the members won't feel bored reading them

Allah cant count, I have proof.. Explain why all knowing allah cant count ?

So have you found God over the years? You seem to have been searching.

Buhddists don't believe in god I don't think.

To answer the thread title:

I am not a muslim for the same reason i am not a christian, a jew or a member of any other similiar belief system. Without going into detail on the numerous historical contradictions, innacuracies and morally reprehensive teachings found in the central book of each religion the laughable number of contradictary attributes ascribed to the God they worship stops me from giving it any greater consideration.

If you were only to downgrade him in your estimation to the status of 'prophet' you could quite happily be a muslim.

But that raises an interesting point. If god himself reveals himself to you, you are quite clearly insane. Yet many people will happily believe the testimony of people who have personally had god reveal himself to them. Therefore we can conclude that all religions follow the teachings of madmen.

You can convince yourself, like every theist does.

You may as well worship the LOTR trilogy.

It doesnt have any contradictions because it is the word of God. We know it is the word of God because it states so itself. We know it is valid because it is the word of God...

Thats nothing more than a convoluted way of spelling "bullshit."

People can base their lives on any fantasy they wish so long as they dont shove it down my throat.

ya true but i just like arguing with religious people because in the end they just yell at you and say your going to hell

"don't tell me you think we are here by accident"

Wtf.. you are so far behind. God created people.. what a lovely fantasy. Evolution has been a well established scientific theory for a long time.. perhaps not as long as religion, which was invented by some people a long long time before anyone knew genes existed.

Funny... I've never heard an answer to this question.. who made God? If God made everything, what did he make it out of? And what made him? Or maybe he won't tell you. See this is why the "god" argument has so little credibility in the real world of science where people make theories BASED ON EVIDENCE.

Or maybe he doesn't exist?

this thread has awakened my hate for religous ppl, sorry but its true

You haven't responded to anything I said.

Many Christians, such as myself, accept evolution. Back 2000 years ago, it would have been pretty hard to explain evolution to the people of the middle east! Hence the writings in the Bible. Both explainations point back to the saem thing - God set the ball rolling.

The God to which youre referring for evolution is not the Christian or religious God however.

Your simplistic arguments against evolution may well fool a moron or someone who knows nothing about evolution. But anyone who has actually studied evolution knows that you are talking crap.

And where did God come from? Its a meaningless question as it cannot be answered fully. To believe a God created all the matter is no more valid a theory than that of all matter having been in existence for all time.

A God yes,one to whom the only attribute you can ascribe is that of the creator. Not the Christian/Muslim/Jewish God however because none of those deities can exist as they are illogical.

amom you are perhaps the most annoying person i have ever seen...... stop trying to shove your religion down our throats and get the fact that some people don't believe in god let alone the teachings of the quran

Religion is rarely chosen. More often than not it is something you are born into. Statistically if your parents are followers of a religion then you will follow in their footsteps. Of course there are exceptions, but they are a rarity.