Thursday, March 25, 2010

Basic Rights of a Human Being: Freedom to choose a religion

I’ve got nothing against Christians. I have some very good friends who are Christians (from different sect). I respect their believes. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST, and I never will. BUT, I won’t argue this to their face. I do not question the integrity of their Bible. I do not outwardly say it to their face, “Look, my Book’s the one and only Holy Book”.

Like I’ve said, I have some good Christian friends. But what some of my good Christian friends lack is humility. Use common sense and it’ll dictate to you that everybody believes in their faith/religion/way of life. I believe in Islam, I believe that the Noble Quran is the “one and only Holy Book”, I believe that Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) is the last prophet, the messiah, the completion to the prophets (none shall come after him). I do not believe that the Bible is uncompromised. But all my believes, I do not vocalize them in public and embarrass my Christian friends when they make stupid statements.

I DO NOT LIKE IT when one of my Christian friends question the integrity of the Noble Quran (and I’m sure they won’t like it if I did the same to their Bible too). I am prepared to test the Noble Quran via a comparison of facts written in the Noble Quran to known scientific truths, can my Christian friends do the same with their Bible? I am willing to debate about Islamic Theology with my Christian friends, can they argue Christian Theology with me? (first they’ll have to agree to agreed facts amongst themselves)
I am very much willing to discuss about Islamic History (the good as well as the bad), are they willing to put their religion under such scrutiny? I am able to argue why the word “Allah” shouldn’t be used by Catholics, and why I believe it’s okay for monotheist sects of Christianity to use it, as well as other monotheistic religion (orthodox Judaism, orthodox Hinduism, etc.).

There’s so much I can do if I wanted to, and there’s so much I can say that’ll make you shut up and stomp away in frustration from me, BUT, I choose not to. SO, respect my religion, DON’T TELL ME that I’m wrong and you’re right. I think that you’re wrong and I’m right too, but have the decency to keep it to yourselves and not voice it out at every opportunity that presents itself to you. When I’m calm I’ll smile, shut my mouth and keep my opinions to myself. When I’m in the mood I am now, I’m not so subtle and you’ll get a much deserved piece of my mind. You might find a very fierce and hard-hitting Ox hitting you with facts after facts about fallacies about Islam and discrepancies about Christianity. So choose your battles wisely, or at least be well versed about your own religion (both Theology and History) before you start to openly question (condemn) the religion and believes of others.