Originally Posted by snakelegs

interesting subject. to me, it is both a religion and an ideology.
but aside from that, there is something i really don't understand.
either in the qur'an or in a hadees, there is something like "learn - even if you go all the way to china".
one of the things i respect about islam is that learning is highly valued.
so, isn't it a good thing that people get information from a wide variety of sources and then come to their own conclusions? i don't see how any learning can be harmful.
does god want blind followers or people who never stop learning? can islam be harmed by people learning from a variety of scholars?
something to think about....