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Your Purpose In Life
J Bananas:
Build a house!
Paint a self portrait!
but really family, music, and politics
OneHittaSpitta:
--- Quote from: Overseer on May 04, 2005, 06:29:36 AM ---
i believe our sole purpose is to further our own genetic make up into future generations.
i.e. procreation...
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lol damn See'r. You sound like one of them Borgs from Star trek or somethin...lol
Don Seer:
--- Quote from: Abdul Infinite aka Ibn Battuta on May 04, 2005, 09:24:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Overseer on May 04, 2005, 11:31:07 AM ---now a question for infinite..
without belief... is someone following islamic codes and practices who doesnt believe in allah, but believes in the moral code and guidelines of the religion.. perhaps one who see's allah as being the good side of self, of conscience and of character.. is that person accepted like they are in christianity?
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First of all, thank you for actually addressing me with decency (for the first time in a long time).
Second of all, I don't know the answer to that question, but maybe if you ask it in another way I will be able to answer it.
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i'm not sure how to word it another way...
when i said "one who see's allah as being the good side of self, of conscience and of character" i meant it in the sense that god or allah is a metaphor and not a 'real' entity in a physical sense... i.e. like worshipping a man or an idol...
if somene were to say that when you worship allah.. you actually worship the good in self, the good in humanity as defned by rules in the koran... and not actually a a defined 'god'.. but whole system of thought/consciousness
Trauma-san:
--- Quote from: Overseer on May 04, 2005, 06:29:36 AM ---is it me.. or has this thead been off topic from the start.. or is the subject wrong?
"your purpose in life" isnt anything to do with your aspirations and ambitions. not that i'm knocking them.. far from it!
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No; I totally understood the question, I have a good grasp on the english language, and I responded with what I believe my purpose is, not my aspirations. Do you think my aspirations are to be a friend? I can die now, then.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Overseer on May 05, 2005, 02:36:36 AM ---
i'm not sure how to word it another way...
when i said "one who see's allah as being the good side of self, of conscience and of character" i meant it in the sense that god or allah is a metaphor and not a 'real' entity in a physical sense... i.e. like worshipping a man or an idol...
if somene were to say that when you worship allah.. you actually worship the good in self, the good in humanity as defned by rules in the koran... and not actually a a defined 'god'.. but whole system of thought/consciousness
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I still don't know the answer to your question.
Allah isn't a physical entity like a man or an idol, Allah is the Creator of the Worlds and All the Systems of Knowledge, so he is greater than his creation, he is unique from his creation, and he is unlike anything in his creation. Allah (The Creator) is a reality. The fact that we are here means that something had to of created us, and that their had to be something that was first, before everything. Well, that something is what Muslims worship, the first, the last, the eternal, the Creator, the Most high, that's what Muslims worship. You know how you hear people say they believe in a higher power, that's what Muslims worship, the highest power.
Your question doesn't correlate to the Christian situation because Christians worship the creation, they worship a human that lived within the creation. Muslims don't worship anything in the creation, Muslims only worship the Creator. So you can't compare the situation.
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