What made you choose the religion you follow?

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I was born a Muslim, and recently I've been thinking more and more about Allah(SWT) and Akhriya which led me to be stronger in my deen. I was strong in my deen beforehand but somehow got lead astray, but alhamdulilah I have come back to the right path of Islam.
 
michaelconvert said:
Well...... I chose Islam a few months ago for many reasons. I was raised Christian and got dunked in some water when i was like 12. I just couldn’t except the fact that i had religion that didn’t require anything of me. I could go rape and kill then just say im sorry. Also the idea of Jesus being somehow God. How could Jesus admit that God is greater than him and still be God......almighty can not be less than almighty. There were a few events that led to my reversion but there is one that stands out in my mind.

May peace be upon prophet Isa

I was walking into my guitar class and for some reason i said "its freakin hard to be a Christian". This dude in my class Aman was like "you know what the problem with Christians is?" Reluctantly i asked him what. He said "they worship a man". I told him that it wasn’t that simple........but in my heart i knew it was.

Alhumdulilah i reverted soon after
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Well, this may sound strange coming from a Christian pastor (and I certainly don't mean this in any prejorative manner), but if after your baptism you still had a belief that the Christian faith required nothing of you and that you could do whatever you wanted with impunity, and especially if you were tempted to test that theory, and also if you never were able to trust Christ with your life and soul, then you seriously misunderstood what it was all about. It seems to be a blessing in your case that you might have found a faith that would at least bring into submission with God's will. May you grow in your faith to be a truer Muslim and faithful follower of God than you were as a Christian.

PEACE!
 
I am a Hindu. Contrary to populare belief, we are monists. We believe in one God, Brahman, the Supreme Absolute, the One without a Second, who is infinite, beyond name and form. God being infinite, has many different attributes which are represented to us humans in different forms. There are many paths, but only one Truth.

Every faith has that same Truth at its core, we respect everyone's right to chose his/her own path. That is why I am a Hindu. Only God can know what is inside a person's heart; that is why we don't judge. There is no such thing as my God or your God. There is only God.

I do not put others down for practicing their religion with faith and devotion; indieed, I admire them. Tolerance, acceptance, and compassion are the hallmarks of a democratic society.
 
Sarada said:
I am a Hindu. Contrary to populare belief, we are monists. We believe in one God, Brahman, the Supreme Absolute, the One without a Second, who is infinite, beyond name and form. God being infinite, has many different attributes which are represented to us humans in different forms. There are many paths, but only one Truth.
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I'm assuming you meant that Hindus are monothiests, not monists. (I don't know what a monist is if that is what you did mean.) Now, I'm not going to deny that statement, you are a Hindu and I am not, so surely you know more about it than I. But I have to say that this is news to me, with all of the various Hindu dieties I've heard described. I would be interested in hearing more about Hindu views on this subject from someone who is Hindu. Would you be willing to have a "Questions about Hinduism answered by a Hindu" thread?
 
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Surah At-Tawbah Ayah 20 (Al Qur'an Al Kareem)
 
Grace Seeker said:
I'm assuming you meant that Hindus are monothiests, not monists. (I don't know what a monist is if that is what you did mean.) Now, I'm not going to deny that statement, you are a Hindu and I am not, so surely you know more about it than I. But I have to say that this is news to me, with all of the various Hindu dieties I've heard described. I would be interested in hearing more about Hindu views on this subject from someone who is Hindu. Would you be willing to have a "Questions about Hinduism answered by a Hindu" thread?
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Yes I would be happy to answer any questions. You can set it up if you like. And I will try to answer your questions to the best of my ability. If I do not know the answer myself, I will ask my Guru and/or research it.

To answer your question about monism:

here is a quick definition from Wikipedia:


Monism is the metaphysical and theological view that all is one, that there are no fundamental divisions, and a unified set of laws underlie nature.

Monism is to be distinguished from dualism, which holds that ultimately there are two kinds of substance.

In Hinduism, monism is found in the Nasadiya Sukta of the Rigveda, which speaks of the One being-non-being that 'breathed without breath'. The Ultimate Reality is called Brahman which is beyone gender, neither male nor female, encompassing the infinite. Those "gods" that we "worship" are really only small aspects of the Ultimate Reality, which we believe cannot be compreheneded by the unenlightened human mind. So we use pictures and statues of these various attributes to help us focus on God.

Stictly, monotheism states that there exists only one indivisible God. Therefore, while monotheistic, Christianity, believing that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, are all in God, has monistic tendencies. Judaism and Islam are truly monotheistic.
 
The beauty and truth of Islam attracted me. I loved the way Islam has an answer for everything.
 

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