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The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said,
"Allah will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His.
(These seven persons are)
a just ruler,
a youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah (i.e. worships Allah sincerely from childhood),
a man whose heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. to pray the compulsory prayers in the mosque in congregation),
two persons who love each other only for Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's cause only,
a man who refuses the call of a charming woman of noble birth for illicit intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah,
a man who gives charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity),
and a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears."
I don't need shade. I do need freedom though... so if any "Gods" are offering that... perhaps the Deist God? The dessert god might think shade is a valuable trade for freedom, but it overestimates the harm of the Sun and my care for this selfish beings's insidious need for submission. Muslims don't need to do any of those things they do to decorate their words because they are allowed to sin. The same as why women are allowed to loose their hoodies and men to loose their beards. But because religion is so corrupt and authoritarian, sins are usually made illegal.
I don't need shade. I do need freedom though... so if any "Gods" are offering that... perhaps the Deist God? The dessert god might think shade is a valuable trade for freedom, but it overestimates the harm of the Sun and my care for this selfish beings's insidious need for submission. Muslims don't need to do any of those things they do to decorate their words because they are allowed to sin. The same as why women are allowed to loose their hoodies and men to loose their beards. But because religion is so corrupt and authoritarian, sins are usually made illegal.
You have no idea as to how much freedom we have. I follow the 5 Pillars because I want to, as do most Muslims. There is no virtue in following Islam if you are not doing so with sincerity and of your own free choice.
Say: O my servants! who have acted extravagantly against their own souls,
do not despair of the mercy of Allah;
surely Allah forgives the faults altogether;
surely He is the Forgiving the Merciful.
And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there comes to you the punishment,
then you shall not be helped.
You have no idea as to how much freedom we have. I follow the 5 Pillars because I want to, as do most Muslims. There is no virtue in following Islam if you are not doing so with sincerity and of your own free choice.
And what choice had you in God forcing you upon us? Seems to me you were a mindless mix of two haploid cells and were forced to become through natural selection, much like a snowflake is forced to become.
What sincerity is there in making a bargain?
What free choice is there in being sentient?
Say: O my servants! who have acted extravagantly against their own souls,
do not despair of the mercy of Allah;
surely Allah forgives the faults altogether;
surely He is the Forgiving the Merciful.
And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there comes to you the punishment,
then you shall not be helped.
Gabriel knows nothing of truth. the true Lord that rules over such self-misleading creatures as the Jewish god would be insulted and sad to see such human failure. Surely Gabriel should have talked about his "Allah's" determination to educate the people instead of letting his children roam free into the pit of the volcano. Even the worst cougar mother would not allow such a thing to happen, let alone if she is a master of the punishment itself. Surely Gabriel's Lord chooses not to help because it is corrupted and weak. Or surely there is nothing there but your pitiful needs, the story of Muhammad, and the Caliphate's crafting of a new idol.
And what choice had you in God forcing you upon us? Seems to me you were a mindless mix of two haploid cells and were forced to become through natural selection, much like a snowflake is forced to become.
What sincerity is there in making a bargain?
What free choice is there in being sentient?
There is only free choice in that which we are faced with alternatives. Part of the trials of this existence is we are subject to the randomness of material creation and the subsequent laws of Physic, biology, mathematics and all material aspects of the universe.
Free choice comes in the realm in which we can select from alternative choices.
Our responsibility is to do our best to make informed choices based upon that which we have investigated to the best of our ability. to anticipate the outcome of our choice and accept the result of it.
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