Dear Samiya, people ask the wrong questions. Why and HOW did you pick the Quran as the SOURCE of your answers, if not because you grew up in a family/society where you heard about it day in and day out? I grew up in a different society and did not even 'think' of checking for 'truth' in the Quran (especially not in old Arabic language of which I really knew nothing) but was advised other 'books' for 'truth(?)'. I went through several ones of those, liked none of them. So I became agnostic. (=I dunno) BTW how did a Native American, or an Inuit in past centuries get to the Prophet's teachings? How the illiterate Aborigines? Chinese-Japanese? Easy for the Arabic talking Mid-Easterners.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 14-Jul-2014, at 2:00 pm, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why do you need to see God to believe in God? >> > > You don't. To believe in God all that is needed in 99 times out of 100 is > for your mommy and daddy to tell you that there is a God. Not only that but > your mommy and daddy will tell you which particular God franchise is the > one true franchise and the chances are overwhelming that is the one you > will belong to for your entire life. Why else do you think geography has so > much to do with religious belief? > > That is because most people choose the religion of their parents, as part > of culture and are comfortable confirming to social norms, instead of > honest intellectual inquiry and search. > Blind following of parental faith is condemned in the Quran. > Samiya > > John K Clark > > > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
