Liz, Pascal's wager is not good enough. Its not as simple as placing a bet. We are fairly warned that those who claim to be Muslims will be tried and tested. To hear how Yusuf Estes was tested: Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIBC80cBAQ
Relevant verses: [Quran 29:2] Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: "We believe," and will not be tested [Quran 76:2] Lo! We create human from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make him hearing, knowing Samiya On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 9:24 AM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20 April 2014 16:01, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:34 AM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 20 April 2014 15:15, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> 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! >> >> Hmm. Pascal's wager, no less. > > So which of the 1000s of Gods people have invented, I mean discovered > through divine revelation, should one bet on (and why) ? > > > > > > -- > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
