To Freeminders
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Peace everyone
What is happening here? Why is everyone being so judgemental? So angry? So arrogant?
I always saw free-minds as a place to discover the truth about God and religion. It was a very inviting place. You could come and discover for yourself what God really wanted from us. We were always a tolerant lot.
Why are many of us now being so patronizing with people who don't agree with our understanding of God's message?
Most people have been brought up as Sunni or Shia or belonging to some other sect. It is NOT easy to give up the belief of your forefathers. Can we not empathise? Can we not try to explain with tolerance and understanding?
There will always be dishonest people who will debate for the sake of debate. Are we going to become like them? Can we not, despite the insults, maintain basic manners and politeness? If you think a person is a hypocrite and a liar...why not just ignore him?
Also...I donot see how we can be the judge of their idol-worship. It is up to God to decide. Going this way, its not going to take very long for us to start declaring people as non-muslims just like the Sunnis and all declare us now. Who are we to judge them and their beliefs?
We can only call people to the Straight Path. Not force them to walk it. Please let us not become intolerant, self-righteous and arrogant like the rest of the world.
Sha