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SaLaM Phoenix
So you dont believe in evolution?
A nitpick from me, people shouldn't 'believe' in evolution. I 'accept' that evolution happened, because I have examined the evidence.
I'm a bit sensitive to 'believe' because it implies faith, while one doesn't need faith to accept scientific propositions like gravity, the atom theory, or evolution.
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Hello Phoenix1,
Welcome to the forum -)
i am 16 year old. lived in Saudi Arabia for the first (almost) 13 years of my life.
Every time I hear stories like this phoenix1, my heart gladdens not because you have abandoned hadiths, but because young people like you can stand up and THINK FOR THEMSELVES. This gives me hope -)
By the end of my stay in SA, i fell in love with this girl ( and still love her to death for some reason and i know mentioning her is not important to the story).
Ah LOVE phoenix..."LOVE is the thing in which we capture the meaning of things... wink
These days, i dream about what the world would be like if the muslims valued intellect, logic over wierd stories and long beards.
We would be freed from tyranny of "long beards" phoenix wink
I've learned a lot from this place and I'm still learning, still have questions, and hopefully they will all be answered. so that's my (long) story.
I hope you find some of your answers here.
All the best with your spiritual quest -)moral of the story you have to type in correct key words to find what your looking for at google.
Yes, google is not a mind reader yet!! wink
And do not fall in love with a girl who thinks your brother is better looking than you.
Ha ha ha unrequited LOVE... its so sad -(
But hey don't worry, there will be others along the way...-)
And if you are lucky they will love you back too winkRegards,
p.s LOVE is something happens to you - you can't choose to fall in LOVE with someone... -)
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peace Lote tree, and everyone else
That girl, she definately loved me back. maybe. Its just sad that i had to move. we still have contact with eachother, although my parents dont know, if they did, i wouldnt be able to type right now.
and Jaxal, i dont think you can do that. I'd be in love with about a hundred girls if that was true wink
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SaLaM warda and phoenix
Phoenix i was only talking about ourself. That WE can fall in love with whoever we want to. Just make up your mind and do it. I say it becoz i have done.
Warda, it has happened to me. Now imagine, if i can easily fall in love knowing that you shouldnt. How easy will it be to fall in love KNOWING that i want to fall in love.
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hi, i'm not really new here anymore. thought i would just post how i got here.
well, here goes...
i am 16 year old. lived in Saudi Arabia for the first (almost) 13 years of my life. Was born in Pakistan(karachi), though. The funny thing is, when i did live in Saudi Arabia, i wasnt a "good muslim" at all. i had a
mosque literally right next to my home and i never visited it(except for fridays).Over there, i learned a lot about our prophets, mainly Muhammad, though. I learned all these stories about the prophets and the angels which i never believed. I've always been a big skeptic. I was never told to read the translation of the Quran(and was told never to question anything in Islam, and that the universe was actually created for Muhammad to live on it). read it 4 times in Arabic, didnt understand a word of it. By the end of my stay in SA, i fell in love with this girl ( and still love her to death for some reason and i know mentioning her is not important to the story).
Then, i moved to the US. Lived there for 2 years until I really started praying 5 times a day, every day(i had a dream in which it was the day of judgement and all i wanted to do was keep offering salah. wierd). Over here, i learned even more stories that i didnt believe. My athiest english teacher even made fun of the 70 virgins concept in front of the whole class shockShe goes "...how mormons get a new planet when they die or how in islam you get 70 virgins.." while talking about different concepts of heaven. But i kept my beliefs and defended them, except for two things. One, that music is forbidden. Two, evolution doesnt exist.
There was just too much evidence pointing toward evolution for me not to know it was true. To find evidence supporting my claim, i googled the words " Islam supports evolution"(several times before, i had tried "evolution in Islam" which always gave me religious sites talking about how dogmatic evolution is and that darwin's mother was a monkey) And lo and behold, i was here. I was shocked at first. everything i reluctantly believed in turned out to be false. But i was happy. Happy that i could reject those hadith that had never made sense to me. I had finally discovered a way of life that made sense.
These days, i dream about what the world would be like if the muslims valued intellect, logic over wierd stories and long beards. I've learned a lot from this place and I'm still learning, still have questions, and hopefully they will all be answered. so that's my (long) story.
moral of the story you have to type in correct key words to find what your looking for at google. And do not fall in love with a girl who thinks your brother is better looking than you.
Do you consider yourslef "A prophet without revelation" ? that anything you like you reject and anything you like you reject. Our religion Islam always had been superior to our logics and science. If a scientifc conclusion gives evidence to some Islamic thought or prediction then its good convincing, but if some scientific conclusion is against the Islamic thoughts, then there is a need of more research in science.
Do you know how the Ahadis were compiled by Imam Bukhari? It was not so simple process. Where he had found even a single evidence of doublt about the authentication of some Hadees, He marked that as "Zaeef" or un-authentic Hadees.
I agree that every muslim should also try to understand the Qura'an by himself also. But if we only rely on our own interpretation and we reject any Hadees according to our logics, then what was the purpose of Prophet Muhammad (SAV) to come to this Ummah?
And behold, Beard is in Islam. Islam is not in Beard. If you find some negative character of a person having beard, that does not mean that every person having beard is same like him. If so, then what do you say about Beard of Prophet Muhammad (SAV) and his sahabah?
I agree that we should not totally believe in all the stories narrated by the Mullahs (specially in Pakistan etc.). But why should we reject each and everything and believe in fake philosophies of evolution??
And if you feel that all the preaching of Islamic scholars are just fake stories, then what do you think about the narration of different happenings in Qur'an?
The Purpose of the coming of our Prophet (SAV) was to show tha practicle example and explain the teachings of Qur'an.
The first Human on Earth was Aadam (Adam) (Peace be Upon Him). we are the children of Messengers. Why are you abusing yourslef and all of us by saying that we have bee evolved from monkeys (Naoozubillah).
Refer to the book which is available for free online "The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution in 20 Questions (by Harun Yahya)"
And open your eyes.In the west people think of love as only making sex. This is not the philosophy of Islam, sex is just the physical need of love. where do you find the spiritual need? For instance you love your family, your parents etc. Then what is amazing in this that Allah give us 70 Virgins in Jannah (Paradise). When there will be no ugly thinkings , no bad characters, no bad things, and they will live forever and forever.
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"No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth"078.033
"And voluptuous women of equal age"Our thinking can not measure this "Forever" living, then what is strange in this Allah Grant a Momin 70 virgins in Janaah for the life span of billions and billions of year?
Do we have to pay the bills if any person in Jannah is granted 70 wives?
And who told you that we will have only sex with these virgins?
If you dont agree then what do you say of having four wives in Islam?
If 4 wives are ok, then what about 70 in Jannah? Do we have the right to decide about the number of wives or our Creator Allah decided for us on earth and in Jannah.Allah Says in his book
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"Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them."
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"Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?"055.058
"Like unto Rubies and coral"Sincerely,
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Honestly, having come across very few muslims that I would consider level headed or even entirely sane for that matter, I am first to admit I know very little about anything I think can come close to being "real" islam. To read that one CAN be a muslim AND believe in teh concept of evolution is a bit of a shock. A GOOD shock, but still a shock. I am glad to see that the two are able to coexist at least somewhere. You are, as has been said here, far beyond your years in wisdom. If I were you I would give thanks for the many experiences and the strong heart that has lead you to find a path on your own without someone having to tell you what it is. You are, by all of my personal standards, a very unique and intriguing person, especially considering your age.
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peace sawtooth
thanks for the compliment. And i only know that evolution exists because of all the evidence. I see evolution all around me. I trust what I see (most of the time). And i bet i'm not the only teenage "muslim" who believes in evolution.
Hello Phoenix,
thanks for the compliment. And i only know that evolution exists because of all the evidence
I would like to know about these evidences which are moving you away from our Quranic Faith.
I trust what I see
Have you seen God?? Have you seen any angel? Have you seen Hell? and Paradise? Then why do you trust in God and why are you a muslim? I wonder.
You must admit that truth is not that all we see. There are somethings which are the part of our Faith. If some scientific research is giving conclusion compatible to Islamic facts then that is the evidence of the truth of our Religion. But if some scientific research concludes something against Islamic facts, then there is still a need of further research. Because there is SOMEONE there on the heavens who knows better than us what we see, HE knows better and we must believe in HIS sayings, not our illusive seeing.
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The truth that we CAN see is the truth given to us by our maker. Why must it all of it be either hidden or stuck in some internal saerch? Occam's razor .
The most obvious IS the answer. Don't complicate it.
I addressed Phoenix not you,
Anyway,,,We belive in what we see,,,,but my point is that we also belive in what we dont see directly (in case of our religion). And if we think that anything we seems to be gainst the saying of our Creator, then that thing or evidence in not actually misunderstood by us. That evidence is not actually an evidence but a misleading concept. Try to understand by the following example
Quran Says
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And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression, till, when the (fate of) drowning overtook him, he exclaimed I believe that there is no Allah save Him in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him).What! Now! When hitherto thou hast rebelled and been of the wrong-doers?
But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayst be a portent for those after thee. Lo! most of mankind are heedless of Our portents.
"The above translated verses refer to the Firon (the emperor of Intiant Egypt).
Allah said in these verses, that he saved the body of Firon from total decay. Till the start of 20th century, nobody had seen the body of Firon, Non muslims (in the same manner of phoenix) asked muslims that where is the body of Firon, they dont see any evidence. But Muslims belived this divine Scripture Quran, that if Allah said that about saving the body of Firon as a portent, that it is True.
In 1902 (I have doubt between 1902 and 1904), the body of Firon was found. Now all the world knows about that body of Firon, which has been showcased in Egypt now. Still non-muslims are not convinced about the Truth of Islam.
Regards.
Virtualeye.