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Reason Why Many White People Don't Accept Islam Is Similar To Why The Jews...
h cottie is bac-tive?:
very admirable post shallow. i believe that whatever religion you believe in, it doesn't matter as long as you stay true to yourself. through islam i've learned that it's never wise to force your religion upon another, but to let them decide for themself because at the end of the day, you are accountable for your actions, not any1 else...... i wanted to point out a specific statement in your post:
"I felt something, a presence enter me and light go off in my head, and slowly over the course of the next year I rid myself of all things I considerred wrong or evil"
i had the same exact feeling not so long ago. i was never a "bad" kid. i smoked weed on a regular basis during my high school years and drank a little every so often. i now believe that it was mainly the influences around me that kept me on that dangerous road. i wouldnt say it was completely peer pressure because at any point i could've said nah im good, but i didn't have the will to do it. it was easier for me to just say yes. not too long ago i started slowing down residually and after i got busted by my coach, i really knew that it cud potentially screw my life up. i used to brainwash myself into thinking i was a good muslim because i believed in islam, but i never really felt in my heart that kind of presence you spoke about until recently. i always knew islam was the right religion for me, but i also knew that i wasn't being a good muslim becaus of the things i was doin besides the weed & alcohol. i now understand that my time on earth is only a train stop....i'm waiting for that train to come and take me to my real destination: paradise.
Shallow:
--- Quote from: h cottie on March 13, 2006, 11:13:47 AM ---very admirable post shallow. i believe that whatever religion you believe in, it doesn't matter as long as you stay true to yourself. through islam i've learned that it's never wise to force your religion upon another, but to let them decide for themself because at the end of the day, you are accountable for your actions, not any1 else...... i wanted to point out a specific statement in your post:
"I felt something, a presence enter me and light go off in my head, and slowly over the course of the next year I rid myself of all things I considerred wrong or evil"
i had the same exact feeling not so long ago. i was never a "bad" kid. i smoked weed on a regular basis during my high school years and drank a little every so often. i now believe that it was mainly the influences around me that kept me on that dangerous road. i wouldnt say it was completely peer pressure because at any point i could've said nah im good, but i didn't have the will to do it. it was easier for me to just say yes. not too long ago i started slowing down residually and after i got busted by my coach, i really knew that it cud potentially screw my life up. i used to brainwash myself into thinking i was a good muslim because i believed in islam, but i never really felt in my heart that kind of presence you spoke about until recently. i always knew islam was the right religion for me, but i also knew that i wasn't being a good muslim becaus of the things i was doin besides the weed & alcohol. i now understand that my time on earth is only a train stop....i'm waiting for that train to come and take me to my real destination: paradise.
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I haven't distanced myself from any of my former peers since I try not to make it seem like a grew above them (not saying that you did or do). I still hang around and represent myself in hopes of being a good influence. I stay around weed smokers so I can not smoke infront of them and pass it by. The funny thing they usually say is "God made weed" to which I respond "God made Satan too, so just because God made it doesn't make it good". They seem to stop arguing after that.
As for pushing my religion. My interpretation of Christianity is very different from most. While I personally choose to believe in the whole son of God thing I can easily see it metaphorically or even as something greater. As it states in the Gospel of John; In the beginning was the Word and the word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was the light and the word became Christ. So when Jesus refers to himself in the Gospel I seem him referring to the Word of God and when he says no man will see the father but through me, I take it as no one who doesn't have the word of God, the knowledge of what is good, will gain acceptance. In that regard my view of salvation is open to anyone who is righteous and has moral values, regardless of the traditions, customs, and superstitions that go with their chosen lifestyle or religion. So there is no point for me to push my technicalities on people. It's the message I try and spread, sometimes in a subtle way, sometimes in a brazen way. I don't bother talking to righteoes people in a persusive way and when I meet sinners I usually push tem towards their chosen way. If it's an athiest I use logic and ethics, a Muslim; I tell him to read the Quran, and Hindu; I ask him what his religion belives in, and I tend to find the message of all is the same and the parts I disagree with morally most do anyway. For me, God's word and message is greater than anything written down in one place, it's everywhere.
Macaframa:
--- Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on February 27, 2006, 01:05:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: J Bin Laden on February 27, 2006, 11:11:48 AM ---i dont accept islam cuz youre a bunch of fucking kooks
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sounds about right
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ahah yea
h cottie is bac-tive?:
--- Quote from: Macaframa on March 13, 2006, 07:33:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on February 27, 2006, 01:05:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: J Bin Laden on February 27, 2006, 11:11:48 AM ---i dont accept islam cuz youre a bunch of fucking kooks
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sounds about right
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ahah yea
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i guess thats why chappelle went "crazy" ::)
I TO DA GEEZY:
--- Quote from: h cottie on March 13, 2006, 11:13:47 AM ---through islam i've learned that it's never wise to force your religion upon another
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You really needed Islam to reach this conclusion?
I've reached it long time ago, without being Muslim for some reason.
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