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fschmidt
I relate better to the Old Testament. I can find no reason to believe in an afterlife. But I find the moral advice in the Quran to be excellent.
So you don't believe in life after death? I would think this would be the easiest thing to believe in because we can't get true justice in this world. And the fact that our justice system is so broken is an evidence within itself of life after death. Humans naturally seek justice in all aspects of their lives. When a person works, they expect to receive an appropriate salary. When an individual is harmed, they seek compensation. When someone helps another, they anticipate appreciation for their effort. Even though humans strive hard to establish justice, the reality is that this world will never be perfectly just. Many criminals go unpunished while the oppressed are denied basic rights. Do their lives simply dissolve without any accountability or fair dealing?
Allah proclaims in the Quran:
Do those who commit evil deeds really think that We will deal with them in the same way as those who believe and do righteous deeds, that they will be alike in their living and their dying? How badly they judge!(45:21)
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If our man-made judicial systems punish people for committing injustices against other people, it is even more understandable that God would punish those who deny Him His rights and commit injustices against His creation. God says in the Quran:
“We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account” (21:47).
Do you really think Hitler is going to have same end as you will have after death? Does it makes any sense to you?
I can control my behavior but not my sentiment. I passionately hate members of modern culture and I only wish for their death. But I have good self-discipline so I do not act on my feelings.
Those who say that members of modern culture are ignorant are extremely misguided. Members of modern culture are no more ignorant than Satan is. In fact they are much like Satan. They know good and evil, and they hate good and love evil.
I understand what you are saying. If most people are source of corruption and spread evil in the society and attack you personally then you have every right to fight back and defend yourself but even in self defense there are rules set in place in Islam which one should follow. But that's a separate topic and we can talk about this if needed in more details.