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Are there any particular verses in the Quran, other than 4:34, that are especially meaningful to you?
For example, Christians at sporting events often hold up a sign with 'John 3:16' on it because that single passage in their bible is so important to them.
What single passages in the Quran are most important to you?
Are there any particular verses in the Quran, other than 4:34, that are especially meaningful to you?
For example, Christians at sporting events often hold up a sign with 'John 3:16' on it because that single passage in their bible is so important to them.
What single passages in the Quran are most important to you?
Forgive me hiker45, you know I do respect you, but why the focus on 4:34? One can pick difficult verses out of most religious books. It's not a verse Muslims focus on, unlike Christians with John 3:16. I do agree with your choice of the Sermon on the Mount. My very favorite from the Bible is the Good Samaritan story.
The "Ali" translation of the Qur'an is probably the smoothest translation of Surah 4, but if you are seriously wondering about what to draw out of the book to be of some type of personal benefit, I personally find Surah 1 to be the best. Actually, they could just end the Qur'an there, and I'd be fine.
Question to the OP: do you feel there is a necessity within each of us to embrace and practice a particular religion?
And then: If so, why do you then feel Islam is that religion, versus any other religion?
Finally: Why do you feel Islam is necessary in a person's life? Alternately, can we not happily get along without any religion? Without any organized spiritual activities?
My personal feelings? I enjoy and embrace the absence of religion in my life. It allows me total intellectual freedom, the ability to explore anything I choose to think about without censure, disciplinary action or cultural ostracism (which means: your fellow congregation denounces you in private and public for having "impure thoughts". An unpleasant experience indeed, would you not agree!).
My personal feelings? I enjoy and embrace the absence of religion in my life. It allows me total intellectual freedom, the ability to explore anything I choose to think about without censure, disciplinary action or cultural ostracism (which means: your fellow congregation denounces you in private and public for having "impure thoughts".
You're my hero here. This is fast becoming my philosophy, too. But, dang, it's so hard peeling off years of indoctrination! I think humans have come up with so many bizarre religious ideas that people don't even question things that do not make reasonable sense.
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Here's a different view, that video was propoganda.
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OK: here's some honest questions.
