Seeker_2601
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I just dont know any more. I understand the suspicion, I just cant understand God.
Forgive me for being dark and brooding
Forgive me for being dark and brooding
I just dont know any more. I understand the suspicion, I just cant understand God.
Forgive me for being dark and brooding
I honestly believe that Islam is the greatest religion I have ever seen, the proof is undeniable and the miracles of the Quran are there for all to see, but my main two questions are, How can you be so sure there really is a god, and, If Allah didn't want me to do some of the things I do, why make me the way I am? Why make humanity have so many flaws? Why not simply make us perfect servants?
If I came off as mopey or pretentious, I wasnt my intention. Im just sick of being scared of death and im sick of not knowing whats going on outside of our mundane little lives.
Thanks in advance,
B
I just dont know any more. I understand the suspicion, I just cant understand God.
Forgive me for being dark and brooding
Imagine we are in high school and I am a bully. I tell you that I'm giving you a choice. You can either do my homework every day until we are out of school or I can shoot you in the head. The gun in this case represents hell, and the homework represents God's plan. Sure, the bully gave you a choice, but it doesnt seem like a fair one at all does it? You would be forced to do the work that you didnt want to do just so you wouldnt get shot (or in this case, killed again and again for all eternity in hell)
I first visted this forum while thinking of converting to Islam. I was given many responses and was very excited by the support I was recieving but I have since lost faith, and I'll tell you all why.
I have, for many years, been involved with the Gothic subculture and have always found the darker side of life appealing, though I've never been sure why.
After 9/11 I would always hear talk of "radical muslims" and thinking myself quite "radical", I decided to see what all of the talk was about, and this is how I discoverd groups like Al Qaeda and Hamas and through those groups, Islam. When I look back on it, I was only thinking of reverting because I thought that blowing things up was cool. I wanted to be a muslim so I could be "different" and "edgy". I was reverting for the wrong reasons, and I believe this is why I lost faith. That was my being honest, and now I have some questions for you, if any of you would care to oblige me, I would be very grateful.
Firstly, I am a smoker. I know the risks, but I am a legal adult and am allowed to do so, my question is, what is Islam's ruling on smoking?
Next, my gothic lifestyle. I know about the basic clothing regulations, but (for those of you who know about the subculture) what does Islam say about some of the imagery and dark themes of the gothic culture.
Thirdly, music. I have seen many heated arguments about whether or not music is haraam, does anyone know of any quranic verses or hadith that actually say yes or no?
I honestly believe that Islam is the greatest religion I have ever seen, the proof is undeniable and the miracles of the Quran are there for all to see, but my main two questions are, How can you be so sure there really is a god, and, If Allah didn't want me to do some of the things I do, why make me the way I am? Why make humanity have so many flaws? Why not simply make us perfect servants?
If I came off as mopey or pretentious, I wasnt my intention. Im just sick of being scared of death and im sick of not knowing whats going on outside of our mundane little lives.
Thanks in advance,
B
I understand all these wonderful answers, I honestly do, but why does God need his law established here on earth? What is so special about earth? Assuming there were never any humans, earth would be fine and the natural order of the other animals would go unharmed. Very rarely do we do anything benificial to this planet and, although that is the fault of man's poor decisions, why does god need us? Look at his universe! We are nothing when compared to the vast infinity of space! What makes us so special? Are we just God's lab rats? does he call upon us to worship him, merely to prove Shaytan wrong? Is his ego so large that he didnt merely need mighty and perfect angels to worship him, but also we flawed human animals?
Another thing I forgot to mention was that many of Islam's rules make no sense to me. Why is it that eating with your left hand invites the devil to eat with you? Is it true that human images are forbidden in Islam and if so, arent the emoticons (which resemble human beings) that are on this website forbidden? Why cant God just tell us whats going on? Why speak in these riddles and parables when he could just rip the sky open and tell us, and THEN let us decide? Why allow all these false or semi true religions to be on earth when all it does is confuse people who are genuinely trying to please God? And what of the hunter gatherers of Africa and South america who have never seen outsiders and the vast majority of whom will die without every even thinking of a monotheistic religion? What of the native Americans who never heard the Gosple or Torah or Quran? Islam says that the prophet is a mercy to the worlds, but why only certain worlds? Why are so many going to die without ever knowing he existed, and no possible way of ever knowing he existed? If you were to try and explain to these native people the Idea that there is only one God who created every single little thing, they would laugh at you! And, short of forcing the idea upon them through violence, they would reject the notion without a second thought. Do they go to hell because they lived and died as pagans who did everything the Quran says not to do? They have sex out of marrige, they sing and dance, many times completely naked, they use natural intoxicants, they eat wild pigs and other such cloven hooved animals, they draw images and take them up as gods beside Allah, they basically break every single rule of Islam, so do they burn for it?