I just need help because lately... I've seemed to have lost hope and belief in religion - not Allah, because I still very strongly believe in him, but religion itself. Does that make any sense?
I just want to know if I'm not the only one and I don't know who to ask. I guess I'm a bit upset because I'm not getting any answers or 'signs' from Allah himself.
To me, there is no COMPLETE perfect religion (don't hate me!) because.. how do we know everything we're told from one book is true? It was written hundreds of years ago at a time when governments needed to control people - religion is the easiest way. And today still, you see people give up their lives for it. To me, religion destroys more people than it brings together. I'm not just talking about Islam, but every religion.
I think this is natural, you see, according to the Qur'an, the author says speaks to the people who doubt the book and asks them 'why they do not believe' 21:30 being one of the verses where after providing an example the author then asks
will they not then believe? The author claims that the inhibitants of hell will be driven into hell whilst crying that they should have used their mind.
You have proposed that the religion might have been started due to a need to control the people, this in my view is a smart presumption, since I see that it is true in some cases, some argue this when looking at the old testament, but you would have to analyse the evidence and then see if this is probable for Islam, having analysed it myself, I do not believe it is.
Alot of people do not have a solid foundation for their beliefs so no wonder they question it alot, families should do more than preach, but actually
teach.
I know everything I've done is so wrong in Islam.. but am I really a bad person? ...
Is love really a sin in islam if you are not married? Because I personally cannot find a single thing wrong with it. He makes me so happy and I don't understand why this is wrong.
I am studying, on an introduction level, sociology, and one aspect teaches that society has values and norms, if a person is brought up in the west, or west influenced places, they will likely have similar values and views, sleeping with someone you love has no bad connotation. The old slogan
'I am not hurting anyone so it's ok' is something shared in this society, so I wouldnt expect you to feel there is anything wrong, the Muslims feel it is wrong because they believe God says it is, it would be upto you to then see if God did indeed say this. I mean the only difference is the marriage, in Islam what you are doing now, i.e. sex, is not wrong, specially with someone you love! But outside marriage it is bad. That's the key.
My instincts always tell me it is so much more important to be a good person than say, praying five times a day. Allah KNOWS I am grateful and loving for everything He has given me, is this really necassary?
Well, this is again where our personal prespective comes in, our prespectives change, a cannibal living in a jungle in africa could say 'I know Allah knows I am grateful' we would say this individual is a bad person because he eats others, but he would say he isnt and that it is a normal thing, see norms and values change from place to place, religions claim, in general, to have the peak of morals derived from God Himself!
Another thing I don't understand - is why the nicest person in the world, who is so loving and giving, cares for everybody and does so much good - will never enter paradise because they do not believe in Allah. Then you get somebodty the same but even less caring or loving, but because they pray 5 times a day, read the quaran ect, they will enter heaven.
Because you don't put it in context sister, if someone gave charity, had a wife and kids, was faithful to them, smiled and was always polite, but spat in his mother's face everytime he saw her, rejected her and lied upon her, although she had brought him up and spent her life caring for him, everyone would, generally, agree that this individual is bad, although he does much good, the bad is much much greater! Then what about a God who even when lied upon still provide man with sustinance? This is the view point of Muslims.
I don't see how this is fair?
I would personally just say, sit down and think about it
objectivly.
Eesa
