Which religion suits me?

I hear people say that they find a religion that fits with the things they believe.

To me, that is the most obvious clue that you are deluding yourself.

You would think that if a religion was the "truth", then you'd just have to accept the bits that didn't fit with what you thought was right...... wouldn't you?

I hear people say that they find a religion that fits with the things they believe.

To me, that is the most obvious clue that you are deluding yourself.

You would think that if a religion was the "truth", then you'd just have to accept the bits that didn't fit with what you thought was right...... wouldn't you?

I hear people say that they find a religion that fits with the things they believe.

To me, that is the most obvious clue that you are deluding yourself.

You would think that if a religion was the "truth", then you'd just have to accept the bits that didn't fit with what you thought was right...... wouldn't you?

You aren't born with any religion at all....you are taught at some point these things are true by someone you trust...usually parents.

I think you will agree that every person on earth submits to the physical laws made by God. Everyone eats, sleeps, needs oxygen, grows, dies... So everyone is somehow Muslim (which is the Arabic word for "submissive") in relation with the physical laws.

Eorl wrote:

I hear people say that they find a religion that fits with the things they believe.

To me, that is the most obvious clue that you are deluding yourself.

You would think that if a religion was the "truth", then you'd just have to accept the bits that didn't fit with what you thought was right...... wouldn't you?

Either that, or be willing to accept the consequence of ignoring truth.

neologist wrote:

Eorl wrote:

I hear people say that they find a religion that fits with the things they believe.

To me, that is the most obvious clue that you are deluding yourself.

You would think that if a religion was the "truth", then you'd just have to accept the bits that didn't fit with what you thought was right...... wouldn't you?

Either that, or be willing to accept the consequence of ignoring truth.

Which of course, assumes that one were capable of ascertaining the truth. How's tricks, Boss? Did you have a good day yesterday?

I hear people say that they find a religion that fits with the things they believe.

To me, that is the most obvious clue that you are deluding yourself.

You would think that if a religion was the "truth", then you'd just have to accept the bits that didn't fit with what you thought was right...... wouldn't you?

No one would intentionally impose upon himself a religious standard that constantly condemned his own actions; especially if he knew all along it was of his own making.

buddhisms a good religion, try that....

Eorl wrote:

You aren't born with any religion at all....you are taught at some point these things are true by someone you trust...usually parents.

I believe that every person (including you) is born Muslim. Remember, Eorl, that "Islam" means "submission". There are two types of submission: physical and spiritual.

I think you will agree that every person on earth submits to the physical laws made by God. Everyone eats, sleeps, needs oxygen, grows, dies... So everyone is somehow Muslim (which is the Arabic word for "submissive") in relation with the physical laws.

Just like every human being is born "physically submissive", he/she is also born "spiritually submissive". In other words, just as the child submits to the physical laws which Allah (God) has put in nature, his soul also submits naturally to the fact that Allah is his Lord and Creator. But, his parents (as you mentioned) try to make him follow their own way and the child is not strong enough in the early stages of his life to resist or oppose the will of his parents.

But when I say that a child is born Muslim, this does not mean he knows from the beginning of his life how to pray, how to fast Ramadan, how to perform the Pilgrimage... The submission of a child means he naturally knows that he has a Creator. If there is no external pressure from his parents and social surrounding, he will be brought up submissive and believer in Allah. He can then learn the details of the religion (Prayer, Fasting, Pilgrimage, Jihad...) from the teachings of the Messengers of Allah.

On this issue, The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) reported that Allah says, "I created my servants in the right religion but devils made them go astray". The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) also said, "Each child is born in a state of "Fitrah"(1), then his parents make him a Jew, Christian or a Zoroastrian, the way an animal gives birth to a normal offspring. Have you noticed any that were born mutilated?"



(1) :Fitrah means "state of innate goodness", "natural state of purity". "Religion of Fitrah" is equivalent to "Islam".

That's one of the reasons that Biblical theology cannot be man-made.

No one would intentionally impose upon himself a religious standard that constantly condemned his own actions; especially if he knew all along it was of his own making.