Posted by Happy Man on 03/13/07 19:37

On Mar 12, 2:13 am, "Seth Illgard" <Seth.Illg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 mar, 06:33, "Happy Man" <asaha...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Truth Seeker
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> >http://www.thisistruth.org/truth.php?f=TruthSeeker
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> > 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!
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Is it fair enough that one should form an opinion about the taste of
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> > particular dish just by a mere hearsay from others who may themselves
> > have not necessarily tasted the dish yet?
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> > 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.
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> > 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!
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> > May your intellectual journey towards the truth be a pleasant and
> > fruitful one... Amen
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