format_quote Originally Posted by
Aisha
Please stay on topic and keep posts clean. I'm getting rather tired of all the off-topic posts that seem to be increasing all over the forum. Keep at it and you're heading towards infractions.
JazaakiAllah khayran sister. I think we all need a reminder that this is a serious forum, where the humour is restricted by and large to the puzzles and humour section, posts must be kept on topic, and when members of the opposite gender must be addressed, it must be done with propriety.
I also think, that with statements like these:
format_quote Originally Posted by
FreakOffALeash
So at heart all people naturally believe in 1 god like myself.... I believe in 1 god that the prophets of the bible spoke of but still I am not a Christian nor Muslim.
format_quote Originally Posted by
FreakOffALeash
Now I am a polytheist so I accept and believe in many faiths and deities.
this thread won't actually get anywhere, or serve any purpose, at the very least until you are clear in your own mind what you believe in and why.
Faith is a serious matter, but one shouldn't change it at the drop of a hat, being swayed to one by some fanciful notion, then being swayed to the opposite side by another fanciful notion, neither here nor there. It should be consistent, based on sound reason, unchanged scriptures, and should be what has always been since the beginning of time, since the creation of the first human being.
format_quote Originally Posted by
FreakOffALeash
Polytheism has been around almost as long as monotheism I may add, and people have instinctively in history created polytheistic systems as opposed to monotheism.
It is interesting to note that Adam and Eve (peace be upon them both) as described in any of the three Abrahamic faiths, were tempted by Satan to go against what God had told them, not against what the gods had told them, because there were no gods, only ONE God, as there always has been, always was, and always will be. The notion of polytheism was a later invention by people. The fact that the notion existed, having been created by those who forgot or rebelled against God's teachings, does not make it in any way correct.
And Adam's brothers in prophethood, all the way throughout, and right down to the final messenger Muhammad (peace be upon them all) all preached this same message:
to submit wholeheartedly to the will of God and to worship Him and Him alone, without any associates in, or parts to, His Divinity, and to obey the prophet. Thus, Islam is not a new faith but is the same
Ultimate Truth that God revealed to
all prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). Since the time of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), that message is available unchanged and unadulterated. He is the last, not first, prophet of Islam; a messenger to all mankind, to be followed until the end of time.
format_quote Originally Posted by
FreakOffALeash
Because everyones opinions will differ thus creating a different god.
I believe it is just Hinduism where the belief is that god becomes whatever the devotee wants him to be. In Islam God does not depend on what we think of Him, He is what He is, Glorified and Exalted be His Tremendous Majesty above that.
format_quote Originally Posted by
FreakOffALeash
I accept defeat by your answer but you wont beat me next time brother
I am not sure we should be posting with this frame of mind, the aim is not to beat people or cause their defeat, but to learn, and I hope you will learn.