Nothingness

Submitted by Daniel (United States), Sep 15, 2009 at 22:13

There is no "Islam." There is only muslimism. There is only Qur'an and other texts. These could be called the "parts," but the parts do not add up to a whole, let alone something greater than the sum of the parts. The reason is clear: there is no Allah. Allah does not exist, it is purely a construct of Muhammad's imagination and inspiration. No question that Muhammad was "special." In fact, several passages are put into Qur'an to deny the fact that Muhammad is a "mad man." Today, he would have probably been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and extreme paranoia. No wonder he needed a "friend" to talk to in caves. For some reason some men need to be muslims and Muhammad provides the correct ideology to these men: muslimism. The foundation of muslimism is the utter and total fear of Allah, this is preached all over Qur'an. The greater the fear the greater the faith. But it is a fear of that which does not exist, it is a fear of nothingness. Why does anyone want to be a muslim? Because, as the Qur'an teaches, "this world's life" is "null" is worthless, only the "hereafter" matters. In other words, the muslim is the person who, for some reason or unreason, is pro-death, wants to die, does not want to live in "this world." The key question must be asked: did Muhammad actually exist or was he a creation of an Arab committee? Many other questions can be asked, but, of course, muslimism forbids them all and kills anyone who asks them.

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