no one is hating any particular religion but its a fact that all people from a religion don't terrorize people but in one way or another they do sympathize the terrorists & see their religion been glorified by elimination of infidels,
I disagree with your opening statement, I am a devout muslim, I pray five times a day, I fast during the month of Ramzan, and I try and follow all Islamic teachings to the best of my abilities, however, make no mistake when I say this, I have absolutely NO sympathy for ANY terrorist group, no matter what their agenda might be, infact I have contributed to the fight against them and am proud of it. Now, how many terrorists do you think are there in the world, since I can't quote any census for terrorist, I will take a figure of 10 million as this is the largest possible number of terrorists in the world that I can comprehend. Now compare it with the 6.7 billion figure and what do you notice, that terrorists are a microscopic minority, now what about the peaceful people, the normal people, like you and me who's priorities are not killing innocents but giving time to our families and contributing positively to our country. Would it not be wrong to generalize the good people with the bad even though they are a microscopic minority ?
The terrorists are like salt in a bag of flour, very little as compared to the amount of flour but it leaves it's taste still.
then there are these kind of people(see video) who are easily said by Muslims that they do not represent Islam, for real Islam they (muslims) say that you need to read the book with tafseer(detail) because somehow God cannot communicate his message directly he needs men to decode his book for the understanding of common people yet it claims itself to be a great book with everything made easy for the understanding of people
Such people are entitled to hold their views however, I don't agree with their views, as for the need for Tafsir. Well, if all the topics and issues of everyday life were stuffed into the Quran, it would be many times it's own size and lets face it, it would be impossible to memorize or read completely for that matter, that's why the book does not delve into details leading to the need of Tafseer and for it to be read in light of the Sunnah.
the simple thing is some people refuse to believe in a invisible diety which will give him/her strength because they have seen that most of the time most of the time the invisible deity refuses to address him but some people consider God 'no response' as God Will, certainly two hands working are better than a thousand clasped for prayer
That is what faith is all about BUT, if the person opens his eyes and looks clearly, he will realize that he is blessed by his deity, for a normal average person: He is blessed with loving children, a wife who cares for him, the mother who brought him into this world and cared for him until he could take care of himself, a father who taught him how to handle and tackle life, a house, a means of income. Life is beautiful and everyone is blessed, you just need to think about it and be content with what you have.
just because Hitler had a Nazi Ideology or just because Stalin had Bolshevism on his mind dosen't means that you neglect the killings & suffering which have been brought over to humanity by religious people who justify their every act under the light of ancient books, The books & scriptures which are related to each other e.g. for Christains
I agree many unfair acts have been carried out in the name of religion but then again many unfair acts have also been carried out owing to other reasons like I mentioned, It is impossible for a cruel man to not be cruel whether he believes in God or not, because the violence is not in his God's words but the person himself.
- When Osiris is said to bring his believers eternal life in Egyptian Heaven, contemplating the unutterable, indescribable glory of God we understand that as a myth
- ,When the sacred rites of Demeter at Eleusis are described as bringing believers happiness in their eternal life, we understand that as a myth
- When Vespatian's spittle healed a blind man, we understand that as a myth.
- When Apollonius of Tyana raised a girl from death, we understand that as a myth
- When Romulus is described as the Son of God, born of a virgin, we understand that as a myth.
- When Alexander the Great is described as the Son of God, born of a mortal woman, we understand that as a myth
- When Augustus is described as the Son of God, born of a mortal , we understand that as a myth
- When Scipio Africanus is described as the Son of God, born of a mortal woman, we understand that as a myth.
So how come when Jesus is described as
- the Son of God,
- born of a mortal woman,
- turning water into wine,
- raising girls from the dead, and
- healing blind men with his spittle,
- setting it up so His believers got eternal life in Heaven contemplating the unutterable, indescribable glory of God, and off to Hellfor the bad folks...
how come that's not a myth?
The very reason these things are myths is because they are myths, unlike in Hazrat Issa's case, where people were a testament to his miracles, they have been reported by people.
if i am wrong about god existing (which i think is highly improbable), the worst that can happen, according to most religions, is that end up in hell. This affects exactly one person, me! If religious people are wrong, then the millions of deaths, and incidents of discrimination, bigotry, sexism, oppression, mis-education and intolerance caused by faith and religion, are unnecessary. I'd rather err on the side of caution, evidence, and common sense
Again, we believers also want to live a peaceful life, I would call millions of deaths a slight exaggeration, around the world millions of believers of different faiths live together without any serious problems, they interact with each other as social equals, just because a couple of illiterate scum bags have a problem with this, doesn't mean everybody does, again I would quote personal experience, I have many Christian friends, A dozen or so Hindu friends as well, I also made friends with many British during my stay there, I felt did not feel compelled to harm any one of them just because they followed a different faith, and neither did they.
Prove it
but before you do that Stalin killed for his power & delusional idea of Bolshevism not for his atheism
Luckily I recently heard of a violent Atheist who met his end, Mr. Eugène Terre'Blanche.
Like I said, Atheists are people too, we have the same instincts, DNA and everything. Just stopping to believe in God does not change them, in fact it removes boundaries one would be keen to observe if he was a believer, I choose not to kill my neighbour for his property out of fear of God's wrath, I don't go anywhere near his wife because I know God is watching. If I don't believe in God, who is to stop me from carrying out these shameful acts ? I could easily get with his wife in the cover of the night and I can kill him, get rid of his body in the nearest convenient water body, with nobody knowing it was me.
Belief in God is very important for man, without it, this world would fall into a chaotic spiral from which it would never be able to recover, religion acts as a counter weight to our animal instincts. With no counter weight, where would we stand ?
