Than I must invite you to Islam.
Allah عز و جل says: And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. 51:56
Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. 3:19
They have certainly disbelieved who say, " Allah is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment. 5:73
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah . He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. 19:30
[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path." 19:36
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed. 6:21
Are you willing to accept the religion of truth?
We can be brothers if you accept Islam and worship one true God in shaa Allah.
Dude, it doesn't work like that. Just like brother @Eric H stated, "
you list me amongst the worst of creatures, then as an after thought, you invite me to Islam".
In Islam it is not simply only about conquering of the mind, but conquering of the heart is the MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT. There are discussions one can have with atheists PURELY based on logic, rationality and reason with scientific evidence that Islam is the truth having a discussion (Islam vs Atheism). Based on that the mind has already been conquered so to say, however YET STILL they do not accept Islam.
The question is why? Because you have not conquered the heart. Some people just hate you and everything that you represent you being Muslim, Christian, Jew or of any other religion. These people are ignorant as ignorant can be and you leave them be, as they are not having a discussion to seek the truth. They will offend you in any way possible. These people most likely have had very bad experience in their life that a loved one or so has died and they have come resent religion and Allah, because they are ignorant of the fact that this life is all a test.
"And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and
when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace," Qur'an 25:63
In other words, we are still kind to them and merciful to them as they don't know and don't understand.
"O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion – Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers,
powerful against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing." Qur'an 5:54
The disbelievers are the ones that KNOW from the bottom of their heart that Islam is the truth, yet they reject it. So those are NOT the ones that are ignorant, but rather are very knowledgeable about all of it, however they reject out of hatred, or pride or arrogance. Take Abu Jahil (Amr ibn Hishām) he KNEW Islam was the truth and had nothing to refute Islam, yet out of pride and arrogance rejected Islam and attacked Islam by force.
Why do you think that in Islam good character is SOO IMPORTANT!!. Qur'an highlights this and the sunnah highlights this. Islamic history has even highlighted this as for example many places in Asia have become Muslim based on this.
When one has good character, people want to be near you and hang out with you. When people do that, they respect you and listen careful to what you have to say and ponder about what you are saying.
So my advice is ponder more about how to achieve good character. Islam when one starts practicing it to achieve especially good character is not easy. Sharing what you have, wishing somebody else to have what you have, helping somebody out of the goodness of your heart, if somebody offends you, you not lowering yourself to his level of ignorance. Being good to children and how to handle them, being good and merciful to creatures, keeping your mouth shut when nothing beneficial to say. It is not easy at first, but once you have cleared your intention to Allah He opens the road for you that slowly becomes so easy to achieve all those character traits.
About brother @Eric H, he i THINK already has acknowledged Islam as he has been on this forum for such a long time and i BELIEVE is right now is mostly in struggle with his inner self. Let him be and let him walk his journey at his own pace.
Look at the story of Umar ibn Khattab (ra) it took i believe 5 years before he became a Muslim. So every human being has a different road that leads him to Islam, the road also may be long, while for the other is shorter. It is just want a person needs to experience first to finally concluded Islam is the truth. This again differs for each human being.
So take it easy and be lenient to people.
