Posted by Seth Illgard on 03/11/07 23:13

On 11 mar, 06:33, "Happy Man" <asaha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Truth Seeker
>
> http://www.thisistruth.org/truth.php?f=TruthSeeker
>
> No one is compelled to accept the truth, but it is certainly a shame
> upon the human intellect when a man is not even interested in
> findingout what the truth is!
>
> Islam teaches that our Creator has given human beings the faculty of
> reason. Therefore, it is incumbent upon them to reason things out
> objectively and systematically for themselves to ponder, to question
> and to reflect.
>
> Nobody should press you to make a hasty decision to accept any of the
> teachings of Islam, for Islam teaches that human beings should be
> given the freedom to choose. Even when a person is faced with the
> truth, there is no compulsion upon him to embrace it.
>
> But before you begin to form an opinion about Islam, ask yourself
> whether your existing knowledge about it is thorough enough. Ask
> yourself whether that knowledge has been obtained through third party
> sources who themselves have probably been exposed to only random
> glimpses of Islamic writings and have yet to reason out on Islam
> objectively and systematically themselves.
>
> Is it fair enough that one should form an opinion about the taste of
> a
> particular dish just by a mere hearsay from others who may themselves
> have not necessarily tasted the dish yet?
>
> Similarly you should find out for yourself about Islam from reliable
> sources and not only taste it, but rather digest it very well before
> you form an opinion of it. That would be an intellectual approach to
> the truth.
>
> In making your next move to the truth, Islam continually reassures
> you
> that your rights to freedom of choice and freedom to use that God-
> given faculty of thought and reason will be respected, for everyone
> has that individual will. No one else can take away that will and
> force you to submit to the true way of your Creator, you have to find
> out and make that decision yourself!
>
> May your intellectual journey towards the truth be a pleasant and
> fruitful one... Amen

WTF???? Ban this guy

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