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Submitted by muhammad (United Kingdom), Feb 26, 2010 at 09:35

Hello, very interesting statements you are making there, i can see you are a good critical thinker, and quite skilled in thought process. but dont mind me saying, maybe there is slightt sense a lack of knowledge, or maybe not. i hope you allow me to express my opinion in the same manner you've expressed it and ive accepted it and i quite like it.

also let me remind myself and state that only the ones that search for the truth will find the truth and ones who dont search for it, won't find it, simply because they are not serching for it but does that mean it doesn't exist. give this some thought?

what you've expressed there is very straight forward and quite common. which isn't bad. this shows that you have given t his some thought and this is always a good attribute of anyone, but it makes me wonder if any of this contains truth ? maybe it does but i would like to remind myself and you that sometimes, we need to go back to the basics if we were to talk about a topic of very significants to ones who are attached to them.

for example, if you have a dog and you love him so much. and somebody that dislikes dogs approaches you.

we realise here that you love your dog for reasons. the outsider hates dogs. in general hates them. that includes your dog, but he also has his reasons. he thinks they are filthy disgusting and loud, but you think dogs are beatiful, emotinal and mans best freind. one would ask which one is the objective fact about the dog ? if the dog is beautiful how can it be filthy, and if its disgusting and loud how can it be mans best freind ? see what the owner of the dog sees the truth according to him, because he seeks it to his values and concerns, whereas the outsider sees the truth according to him also, backed from his values and ideas.

this is not a point of disagreement. everybody sees things differently. but what is important is that outsider doesn't go to the owner and tell him "i think your dog is this this and that" because the result of that will be seperation and disagreement. if the outsider gives chance to the owner and the dog to prove something other than what he belives about dogs, then the effect of that is much more of positiveness and brotherly and in effect, more benifitial to both sides, hurt free.

if you find some truth in that, i am hoping that you realise that spirituality can be found within any thing and everything. in fact we are spiritual beings more than we are physical, but if you feed yourself of the physical food from the physical world, you will grow physically, and the same with spirituality. if you start feeding your spirit, your spirituality will grow on you and you will start seeing the true meaning of spirituality in every sence, and every thing you face daily.

i would also just like to add one little statement i hope it doesn't bring hate and anger toward me but a rather understanding sence of humanity towards me.

if a blind man looks at the sun, he cannot see it, he cannot even touch it, or smell it, he will not even beleive it is there. but if a man with his full sence of vision looks at the sun, he will see, and understand and feel and will be overhelmed by the sunlight and will be able to harvest it for his benifit.

the blind man may claim that the sun doesn't exist and will challange anyone to prove the suns existance. there is no way he can actually 100 percent be certain that the sun exists right infront of his eyes. To the blind man, the truth is, the sun doesnt exist, but thats only to him because he doesn't see it. but the truth to everybody else is different, according to his ideas and perceptions and sences. if one has a spiritual sence, he can see spirituality in eveyrhting around him, if he doesnt have a spiritual sence, he cannot see any spirituallity anywhere around him, but does that mean spirituality itself doesn't exist ?

thank you so much for letting me express my concerns i hope it it has been an interesting read for you. i'd be interested on your thoughts and reflections on this?

take care

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Strict Punishment [55 words]melvin polatnickJun 25, 2010 11:40174823
och the game of those naughty naughty infidel!! [65 words]seraphimeJun 21, 2010 03:58174612
If pulling other people tooths considered sharia, that's bs.... [52 words]FajriAug 24, 2009 23:44160609
freedom in Islam? [154 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanAug 26, 2009 17:18160609
Blind following of any doctrine is a path to disaster. [233 words]GeorgePSep 4, 2009 04:28160609
Sharia Law is a set of laws [169 words]FajriSep 5, 2009 00:16160609
freedom in following Islam [95 words]FajriSep 5, 2009 00:31160609
sharia IS for losers [353 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanSep 8, 2009 05:49160609
get over it [248 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanSep 8, 2009 06:04160609
Sharia is an excuse for theft [125 words]EdwinJun 18, 2010 09:27160609
Malaysia - new frontier of Islamism [820 words]VijayAug 21, 2009 03:07160482
Dentistry, a new profession under Shari'a! [39 words]M.D.Aug 19, 2009 16:45160432
Islam running rampant [99 words]Rebecca MouldsAug 17, 2009 09:42160312
See a connection? [15 words]anonymousAug 16, 2009 12:00160261
Islam at its best ? Islam at its worse ? , no, ..Islam at its average ! [134 words]Phil GreendAug 14, 2009 10:23160198
false of daniel pipes [49 words]imySep 8, 2009 19:11160198
imy's claim... [29 words]KlewSep 9, 2009 00:18160198
Very Well said, Phil- about this islam. [39 words]SvetSep 9, 2009 03:10160198
Another victim of Arabian imperialism and ignorance [373 words]dhimmi no moreSep 9, 2009 07:13160198
Well, this is not surprising. [163 words]LynnAug 13, 2009 08:23160144
Am I surprised ? Not at all ! [98 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreAug 13, 2009 04:51160138
Delcambre [98 words]VijayAug 14, 2009 06:15160138
to follow the Sunna of Mohammed [58 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreAug 14, 2009 22:09160138
the way forward? [340 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanAug 15, 2009 00:38160138
Ideal Muslim [48 words]VijayAug 16, 2009 13:50160138
doing as Muhammad said, not as he did [249 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanAug 16, 2009 17:24160138
doing as Muhammad said AND as he did ! [46 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreAug 16, 2009 21:09160138
The sunna of Muhammad [446 words]dhimmi no moreAug 20, 2009 07:20160138
the sunna of muhammad [758 words]muhammadFeb 26, 2010 09:35160138
There is nothing spiritual about Islam [413 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 27, 2010 07:48160138
There is nothing spiritual about Islam [1115 words]muhammadFeb 28, 2010 12:38160138
Our dear Muhammad says that there is nothing spritual about Islam and cherry picking time [279 words]dhimmi no moreMar 1, 2010 18:44160138
More cherry picking and this time our dear Muhammad al-tablighee says that he ain't no Arab in-spite of the fact that the Qur'an says that Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only [277 words]dhimmi no moreMar 1, 2010 19:31160138
More from our dear Muhammad [98 words]dhimmi no moreMar 1, 2010 19:35160138
Our dear Muhammad and his God says that al-tabligh wa al-da3wa al-islamiyya are against his doctrine of al-qada' wa al-qadr [501 words]dhimmi no moreMar 2, 2010 07:14160138
Gem time and our dear Muhammad and two for the price of one [384 words]dhimmi no moreMar 2, 2010 16:36160138
Our dear Muhammad and two for the price of one and it seems that Islamic da3wa is against Allah's will astaghfirullah part deux [217 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2010 07:48160138
Respect [451 words]muhammadMar 10, 2010 08:29160138
Respect is earned now do you get it? [658 words]dhimmi no moreMar 13, 2010 17:58160138
no no no. respect is an attribute that YOU need to have [584 words]muhammadMar 13, 2010 21:02160138
A tablighee is a tablighee [34 words]dhimmi no moreMar 15, 2010 07:26160138
Our dear Muhammad has nothing to say right our dear Muhammad? [250 words]dhimmi no moreMar 15, 2010 18:40160138
Our dear Muhammad and the "Allah made me do it" and more cherry picking [235 words]dhimmi no moreMar 16, 2010 07:23160138
there is nothing to say about islam, but lots to say about you [508 words]muhammadMar 19, 2010 08:45160138
I thank Allah for making me a kafir big time [393 words]dhimmi no moreMar 20, 2010 18:35160138
More cherry picking time that islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and other sordid matters [791 words]dhimmi no moreMar 21, 2010 08:31160138
Cherry picking time and "Allah made me do it" [194 words]dhimmi no moreMar 21, 2010 08:51160138
i will spell it out for you [135 words]muhammadMar 22, 2010 08:49160138
Our dear Muhammad has nothing to say [153 words]dhimmi no moreMar 23, 2010 06:37160138
So what did we learn from you our dear Muhammad al-tablighee? [7 words]DaveJul 12, 2010 16:02160138

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