Don’t want to be a Muslim.

Do you believe the religion itself has contradictions? Questioning to seek knowledge is different.

- people do, and its rude. Also the key work is "discussion" NOT "aggression" which is exactly what youre displaying.

For what reason would you say the religion of Allah is not one of peace?

There are certainly elements of peace within Islam, but it's not really a religion of peace. I see it more as improving one's self to become a better person in general, which is a form of Jihad. Another form of Jihad is physical where you aim to defend or spread the religion using means of religious war and/or violence. Of course, this type of Jihad has to be fully justified, but accepting war in any sense for example is not peaceful. There are also elements of Shariah which aren't very peaceful, such as the death penalty for apostasy.

You said my figures were not an indication of truth
How is the fact that there are 1.6bn Muslims (also being the fastest growing) not an indication of truth? Clearly, it's a fact- so clearly the fact is true.

I love how this turned from an 'asking for advice' thread to a 'Islam debate' thread.

Yes, I've read the Qur'an. These verses were revealed when Islam was born. The Muslims at the time of course were in the minority and gained popularity, but gained in enemies too because of that. They had to defend the religion in holy wars, in which these verses and others were revealed. This I suppose is where 'supremacy' comes in, because they had to be supreme in battle and in wars. There is another element of that throughout the Qur'an where it says of course that Muslims are the true believers and others are misguided, although this is pretty standard.

There are Islamic prophecies which state that towards the end of the world, Muslims will be by far the minority and will be mocked like goats by the rest of the population. So, what's the point in 'Islamic Supremacy' if it'll eventually come to nothing anyway?

Yes, there are elements of it here and there but there are also things that can refute it. From me, I wouldn't say that Islam is about supremacy, however if you ask a different Muslim you may get a different answer.

"So what are you saying? That followers of The Religion of Peace™ are likely to get violent with anyone who says otherwise? I know that joke has been around for a while, but it never gets old!"
That was the comment, which WAS making fun of Islam.

Can't I question my own religion and still remain part of it? Do I not have the right to acknowledge that there may be contradictions in certain areas?

The answer to your question is - we don't know, because they are interpretations based on the opinion of whoever interprets it. This is why there are divides in many major religions because humans don't all agree on the same things. You have to study each verse meticulously, taking into account historical and textual context, in order to get as close as you can the 'true' meaning. This can take years and years which is why some people devote their lives to interpreting scriptures. It's a bit like studying Shakespeare if that makes sense. You cannot read/translate it literally to extract the meaning intended at the time. Similarly, Qur'anic Arabic is hard to read and understand even for those who are fluent in modern Arabic.

Can you prove to me that that statement about the Qur'an is not true? If so, then I am indeed delusional.

Do you believe the religion itself has contradictions? Questioning to seek knowledge is different.

Honestly, not only am I a Muslim, I'm a British teen and this is how we speak round. It's pretty common from my area to speak like this (which is predominantly white and non-Muslim )
Loool you none-Muslims on here all regurgitate the same arguments- I'm now not peaceful because I called someone a 'nonce.'
Right.... someone tell me where is the logic in that
I'm not surprised if you're all the same person sat in a room whizzing around in different accounts furiously typing away against Muslims

Loool and then comes all the keyboard warrior insults against Islamic figures

I did eat pork at a buffet, usually eat non halal food I don’t see the problem. I have very strong beliefs on agnosticism and have referred to myself as agnostic for the past 3 years. I hate stupid Islamic beliefs being shoved down my throat, my parents disagree with what I believe in.

Even satanism is better than islam in my opinion. I never back down and usually argue with them. My voice needs to be heard.

What should I do?
I’d rather kill myself then not believing in what I wanna believe in, it’s 2017 cmon!
Let people believe in whatever they want! It isn’t hurting nobody

Given what you've said here, you aren't a muslim and you have already left Islam. So I don't understand what you are trying to achieve with this post. You've already left the religion. There's nothing you need to do.

Bruh

You (to someone else):
You haven't shown anywhere that I'm ignorant on Islamic doctrine, you're just salty and bitter that I don't like Islam, which isn't the same thing

Me:
With currently around 1.6 billion believers and being one of the most rapidly growing religions, no-one is bitter about your posts I can assure you that

Cleary got enough people that adore the religion

You:
Numbers are totally irrelevant to the argument, as they are not at all an indication of truth.

Ain't nobody lying
It was not clearly referring to how true the religion was as you can look at my post that you replied to where I mentioned absolutely nothing about claiming Islam was true because of the numbers.
Don't call someone a liar while lying- you are off the foolish chart completely as of today.

I never disputed the number of Muslims that exist, that’s a flat out lie. My phrase “numbers aren’t an indication of truth” was clearly referring to the fact that the numbers of followers an ideology has doesn’t reflect the veracity of said ideology.

There's like 500 million atheists so if the whole number thing was true it would prove you wrong.
If only things were that simple, plant man
My life would be so much better

But that's the point, numbers don't automatically indicate truth. The Earth would still be a sphere, even if 100% of people believed it was flat.