On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Dr. Ernie
Prabhakar
>From a spiritual perspective, I think the blame for all the madness is
on the inherent immaturity mind of the people. I believe when Bible
talks about sin, it refers not to events or doings but the source of
all evil, the human ego. The only time when Quran deserves fault is
when it fails to spark a light out of the spiritual darkness. But Quran
is just a record of recitation of Mohammad and why are we pointing
finger at non-conscious scriptures when the real imperfection lies with
us?
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:18 PM,
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wrote:
For me the question comes down to this : Why remain
a Muslim when there are so many superior alternatives ?
That is actually a very interesting question. I believe that is what
paranoid Mr Billy the most.
>From a surface view, we can say that majority of Muslim are unaware of
this problem. How would anyone expect that a mainstream faith for
one-third of the world's population, be so terribly wrong? Plus, they
are naturally unmotivated to question their own faith, not because the
book prohibit them from doing so, but because it is just so human to
hold on to certain identity (a psychoanalysis view).
Religious identity is so deep rooted, it is difficult to get rid,
unless one is 'really lucky enough' to have something terribly wrong
happening to him/her. One example is when someone witness an 'orthodox'
massacre in the name of his/her religion. The person must also be,
spiritually saying, waken beyond ordinary wakening, to see such a
truth. This identity problem affects everybody, though more
importantly, the more religious group of people. These people are bless
with the opportunity to uncover the truth behind scriptures, and
identity inhabits that natural process.
Of cause, as much as I want to agree with Mr Billy, I have another set
of concern. Consider me a 'skeptic of skepticism'. What if the
mainstream Islam got
it all wrong from the beginning? If that
is so, it defends the Qu'ran blame. There have been many different ways
of interpreting the Qu'ran. I particularly likes the Sufis way, which I
believe is heading for the better. Nevertheless, this will still leave
all the blame on "Mainstream Islam", and Dr Ernie's statement still
stands.
>From historical point of view, I think that, like any political
ideology today, Islam was an attempt by politicians at that time to
consolidate power. For this view, I have similar suspicion towards
Judaism in ancient Israel as well as Christianity during Roman Empire.
These are my take, wonder what do you guys thinks.
