On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:34 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20 April 2014 15:15, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris, I was replying to Spudboy100 who refuses to consider the Quran >> because of the 'jihadis' 'behavoir' . The point I was trying to make is >> that some people, from all religious persuasions, do strange and at times >> horrible things. We need to look past people and their behaviours, and >> examine the religious texts to evaluate for ourselves what it is. We are >> all responsible for our own beliefs and actions. We come to this world >> alone, we will leave it alone. What religious label we are born in, which >> religious label or not we choose, eventually we all must face death alone, >> and whatever's beyond that. Wishing it away because some people are poor >> ambassadors or poor communicators of the message, won't change things >> according to our wishes. We humans have intelligence and a vast wondrous >> world full of thoughts and ideas and science and signs... we must explore >> everything we can for its own merit before discarding it. >> On this Everything list, I see earnest seekers exploring almost >> everything, but somehow they stop short of scripture, especially Quran. I >> understand much of this has to do with a filtered view of history, >> long-held prejudices, popular media, as well as the actions of people who >> poorly understand or use the religion, etc. >> > > This is, at least in my case, due to a distrust of taking the authority of > centuries-old texts when there is little to no evidence that any of them > contain more than - at best - a slight grain of truth, and when from a > present day perspective it is clear they were created for reasons well > understood by psychologists (in particular, for social control). > > >> The thing is, to understand everything, we must be willing to explore >> everything. >> > > Including Uri Geller, UFOs, a thousand people who want to "prove Einstein > wrong", Borley Rectory, the people trying to sell me something from > Nigeria, the Loch Ness monster, Ouija boards, Thor, Zeus, Odin and so on - > yes, no doubt one shouldn't dismiss anything, but life's too short not to > prioritise. >
Too short, yes! Prioritize, yes! Especially because if there is a purpose to this life, and especially if there is more to life after death, and if this short life is but a test, whose result is eternal, then we better study earnestly. Difficult, yes, impossible, no! Samiya >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
