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I was furious at that point for shocking me with your post. But yes leaving the debate would also not have served any purpose. I need to drill some sense into you....and I will.
hahaha no don't worry i am a Lost cause ...
you 're missing the whole point of why idol worship was banned in Islam.
Let me give you an example...
Hindus worship idols, not so long back there were 2 groups which were waging war against each other.The groups were shaivism (shiva's followers) and Vaishnavism (followers of vishnu). It made no sense that ppl of the same religion would have belligerent attitude towards fellow hindus(of a diff group).
Idol worship had started to divide our religion.
This is exactly the same reason why Islam prohibits idol worship, as it doesnt want its followers to think god exists in idols and that anything beyond god can help us. Fair enough!
So now, you saw Shahrukh worshiping idols at his home, so you assumed Prophet would not like it. You could not have been more wrong. To prophet it is completely insignificant that he worshiped an idol, because the actor propagates a greater message of religious harmony here.
God doesnt keep a rule book, where he checks every point laid down by him in Quran,Geeta or bible. And merely because a person is an idol worshiper he doesnt become bad. Idol worshipers 're not bad ppl!
And am sure God understands this, and he judges a person by his karma (actions).
What is the purpose of any religion?
Every religion in its own way propagates the message of peace on earth.
Anything that helps in achieving this higher purpose is a lot more significant than worshiping an idol.
The reason for banning idols was because (as i said already) the region was filled with a lot of barbaric ppl. And to get them to follow something, Prophet (am assuming) had to strictly instruct them and prohibit them from doing so.
i guess you are wrong here , Idol worship is prohibited in Islam because , you cant just create a Image of someone or something that not even your imagination can reach ..here you need to see the difference , if you ask a Hindu , how does god look like ? he will make it some picture or Image of Ram or Shiv etc ... same question ask to a Christian, and he will make some old looking guy , sitting on a huge chair more likely modified Santa , and some Christians will simple make Jesus Pbuh pic , but than you go and ask a Muslim , he can not even imagine , because the definition of Allah in Islam is something that none can describe ... so idol worship was banned due to avoiding worshiping other god ...
now here you have to see the difference Islam is bit different from other religion , Allah has given us instruction in form of Quran , and he did put this rule book , every dot in Quran is to be checked , you cant just say that i follow that one verse but not that small one , small or big .. you have to follow it ..no if's no buts' ...
Idol worshipers does not mean a bad person , but in Islam you can term him as a Sinner , in other words a person that commit one of the biggest sin in Islam .. i know that would make some of our Hindu members angry, but this is what Islam is ...
and there are Hadith which clearly quotes that Allah can forgive any sin , except Worshiping other God ..so if you are taking things from a Muslim point of view ,than its a unforgivable sin ...God does understand things ,that is why he sent 1,24,0000 Messengers or maybe more .. he sent 4 different books ... so if we continue further it will become a Hindu Islam debate .. and we both will be banned
Purpose of the religion is not just promoting peace ..there are a lot more different purposes ..