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I am sorry, but i hate it when people start talking about other peoples women folk.
You are such a gentleman
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I am sorry, but i hate it when people start talking about other peoples women folk.
Very funny @El SiddMexicans are very emotional people typical of Latin America.
They have the same shitty cultural issues like us.
I believe they are also indus people.
Canadians are nice People though very boring like @Iqbal Ali
I am an Agnostic. I do believe in some supreme being, but I don't consider him/her/them to be worthy of worshiping.
uh wait what? weren't you trying to lecture me about what is "shirk" and how I should read Surah-e-Ikhlas? If your agnostic, where do you get off lecturing me on Islam???I don't worship anyone.
I am an Agnostic. I do believe in some supreme being, but I don't consider him/her/them to be worthy of worshiping. And I don't think he/she/them needs my worshiping anyway.
What about you, American Swedish guy? Who do you worship?
uh wait what? weren't you trying to lecture me about what is "shirk" and how I should read Surah-e-Ikhlas?
no actually it does. If he doesn't believe in Islam and is agnostic (between him and God), where does he get off telling ME that what I am deriving as the definition of shirk straight from The Quran is wrong? I'm open to constructive criticism if I am mistakenly misinterpreting something in Quran, but you'd THINK naturally that such constructive criticism would come from someone who actually BELIEVES in Quran. I mean, duh!That has got nothing to do with what he thinks (for the time being). Nor it takes away his right of commenting on anything that he wishes to.
no actually it does. If he doesn't believe in Islam and is agnostic (between him and God), where does he get off telling ME that what I am deriving as the definition of shirk straight from The Quran is wrong? I'm open to constructive criticism if I am mistakenly misinterpreting something in Quran, but you'd THINK naturally that such constructive criticism would come from someone who actually BELIEVES in Quran. I mean, duh!
so...read through all the posts above to understand what I was saying. Right now, my point is that why would an agnostic, which means someone who is not a Muslim but believes in "some higher power", gets to push his interpretation of the Book when he doesn't even believe in it. That's like, a vegetarian telling a meat eater how to make a good beaf steak...doesn't make any sense.Believing in Quran is one thing, understanding Quran is another. Most staunch critics understand Quran better than blind believers.
The stamp, the seal is for those who understand Quran, who know its the only truth ... but still don't believe in it. A born believer doesn't go through any test, any hardship.
Your extending of Shirk to committing sins is bit too much. Any person when faced with helplessness would call for the ALL MIGHTY, no matter how powerful, how intelligent and how habitual offender he / she is.
so...read through all the posts above to understand what I was saying. Right now, my point is that why would an agnostic, which means someone who is not a Muslim but believes in "some higher power", gets to push his interpretation of the Book when he doesn't even believe in it. That's like, a vegetarian telling a meat eater how to make a good beaf steak...doesn't make any sense.
cuz he doesn't believe in eating meat to begin with...and did not talk about the meat "diet" now did I? I was talking about how to make a specific meat dish, STEAK in my case. Where does a veggietarian get off telling me how to make a good, juicy, well-done steak when he doesn't even believe in it. Not that difficult to understand the analogy.I have read all the posts on this thread including your's. I still find your stretching of Shirk to sins a bit too mu
You tell me how eating vegetables takes away right of commenting on meat diet? Nothing is exclusively for one particular set of people only. Remember Quran is for humanity, every black, white, believing, non believing, agnostic or whatever ......
cuz he doesn't believe in eating meat to begin with...
I was talking about how to make a specific meat dish, STEAK in my case. Where does a veggietarian get off telling me how to make a good, juicy, well-done steak when he doesn't even believe in it. Not that difficult to understand the analogy.
And yes, the Quran IS for humanity. But humanity has to choose to believe in it before it can follow it and lecture someone on what its right interpretation is.
And just for the sake argument, let's just believe that my interpretation of "shirk" is an over-stretch. It's not but JUST for the sake of argument, suppose it is. Suppose it is too overly cautious. Well given that shirk is unforgivable (unless one specifically repents and does sincere taubah), one would be better off being overly cautious and take the safest approach now wouldn't they? Kinda like playing Russian roulette. The safest bet would be TO NO PLAY THAT GAME AT ALL!
okay, fair enough, perhaps that was a bad example since at some point in life the guy could have eaten meat. So try this for an analogy...someone who doesn't believe in medical science tells you how to perform surgery...does he have the right to do so? GOD I hope not!
but doesn't that actually support that "no molvi is required to teach you" if nobody has the ownership rights?
I think you didn't understand the point I was trying to make in my analogy. Yes, the guy who does not believe in medical science is no specialist. He can have a view that could be discussed but he sure heck canNOT tell you what is right OR wrong about medical science or surgery. Having said that, I never said that he could not share his views. But he just came out claimed that I am wrong. And I did not even say that he should not say that either. ALL that I asked is to back it up with evidence. I presented my evidence from The Quran and had he provided HIS evidence from The Quran then I would have humbly accepted. But just to say that my views are wrong without any evidence or backing and that too, from an agnostic is just unacceptable. AT LEAST provide evidence for goodness sakes. Which, in this case, never happened.I hope you have heard of the word Specialist, its mainly used in skills department and not for faith, beliefs. Doctors are specialists. Your analogy doesn't stand any ground.
So when nobody has the ownership rights, then why would you think an agnostic, atheist cannot share his views on Islamic faith (obviously in a polite way)?