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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Islam, oOoOOh, gotta be careful what i say here!!

Well today was our visit to a mosque. Less thought provoking than the buddhist centre but with one comment the host really did put his foot in it with the wrong crowd!! I think he thought we all wanted converting to Islam or something so he went flying off on issues of doctrine until he come to the point of: "islam is the only true way to God..." aah, right, his analogy was something like; there are many roads and ways into london but the quickest, most straight forward and surest way to get there is on the motorway, so it is with Islam and Allah" Hmmm, well, maybe you should rethink that a bit mate. He had no substance to any of his statements, just blurted them out "i'm right, i'm only speaking the truth, i don't need to justfiy myself to you" he then, completely unprompted, starts his "attack" on christianity, he obviously has a history with it and doesn't like it but goes on to say how apparently Jesus never meant that he was the son of God when he said he was (well why on earth would he say it otherwise?!?!) and also he didn't die. He said Islam is a religion for all people, all the others were just leading up to Islam, the "ulitmate faith" all others are wrong and corrupt but true Islam is the only way. I sat all through that stratching my beard, because that was all just too wierd, but also withstanding the urge to beat him about the head with a large, blunt and very heavy object. Fine believe what you believe if you have to, ok i understand that if you do that then it will inevitably conflict with what i believe, but don't go shoving it down my throat with your "holier than thou" attitude telling me i'm wrong when actually, i'm right!

Ok, if you know me, you know i was just being sarcastic with that last little bit, although yes thats what i believe but i really hope i don't come accross like that, do i?! He went on talking about amny other things, none of which i found very convincing, i like to think that i can be tolerant of other beliefs but also hold true to my own faith, but one thing you cannot do, is tell people they're wrong at least without any clear reasoning. -.- maybe you can tell i'm annoyed, well thats how i feel, i hate being told what to believe and i can see why so many other people hate it too, and many times christians can be as bad, if not worse than other people. But please, put my mind at rest, am i ever like that?!?!

4 Comments:

Blogger Georgina said...

You sometimes preach but not with the mind of converting people to your beleifs but with the mind of protecting those you care for.

Everyone from every single religion has that "I'm right" attitude but fortunatly you're one of the people who accepts that not everyone can think the same way as you.

And why should you tread carefully around the issue of Islam, there are "Muslims"(I put it in marks because true Muslims detest violence as it is taught in the Qu'ran that every living creature deserves respect) in the streets chanting for repeats of 9/11 yet everyone pussy foots around them. Start locking up the extremists i say and let people have their damn opinions.

10:17 pm  
Blogger Freak said...

hehe! Trust George for such an unhindered opinion! Its very true what you say, most of it is all too political, like most hings these days!
P.c. The bain of modern society!!

3:37 pm  
Blogger Arvind Sharma said...

Hey Matt, this particular post of yours interests me for I have been through similar experiences in India with some Christian preachers who decry Hindu Gods and urge people to beleive that Jesus is the only way. Such people dont understand that beleif is a subtle thing and it can never be imposed. I guess they themselves aren't so sure about their faith and choose belittle other Gods to reinforce their faith. A true beleiver I feel should be able to see his own God in every form-be it Christ or Allah or Ram.
I have made it a policy not to judge a religion by its preachers:).

6:09 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey, i'm muslim and the attitude of "i'm right and so is my religion" really gets to me too, and mostly from other muslims as the Quran says you have no right to proclaim anyones elses religion to be fake. and as far as locking up extrimists goes lets start with that idiot Hamza,and i dont believe anyone should be careful of what they say around muslim as its a fre country ans freedom of speech still exists, if people cant deal with that then tough luck
www.shabina-bi-baroo.blogspot.com

9:36 pm  

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