I see that my previous posts have caused some members to get more enraged and wild as I had expected. This makes me laugh. That's good. The following is going to enrage them even more God willing.
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Belinda wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:04 am
as for Averroes' attitude to his mother, it is unusual for a Muslim to proselytise,
Inviting people to the worship of God, the Almighty alone is a duty not only in Islam but in Christianity as well. As a matter of fact the first person to educate me about God, the Almighty was my mother herself! As I already said previously, the first religious scripture that I read was the Christian Bible which was handed to me directly by my mom herself! And I read the Bible since I was about 13 years old. So proselytising as you say is, as far as I am concerned, a family tradition! We love God, the Almighty in my family and we try to live our life in accordance with His commandments. For example, when I was convincing my mom about the abomination of idols and statues, I didn't need to quote the Holy Quran but it was sufficient for me to just quote directly from the Bible that she handed to me when I was still a little boy. And that was sufficient for her to understand that these despicable idols and statues were to be destroyed. For example, the following passages of the Bible were sufficient to prove my case to her that the idols and statues were to be destroyed:
- And God spoke all these words:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.[Exodus 20:1-6]
What was interesting in quoting the above biblical passage to her was that she often told me as a kid that our Lord God the Almighty is a jealous God. She told me that so often that these words became engraved in my memory! I owe her big time for having given me such a great education at a young age.
There are many other verses throughout the Christian Bible which strictly prohibits idol worship. Another verse is in Leviticus:
- 26 “‘Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God. [Leviticus 26:1]
And there are many more verses like those. Little by little, when I showed all these verses to my mom she understood that we had been mistaken in housing those abominations and little by little it became clear to her that they were to be destroyed. As we are not arrogant people, when we make mistakes we readily recognize them and start to amend after having repented to God, the Almighty. From there I happily took the responsibility of doing what had to be done. And as I said, I greatly enjoyed my task of smashing to pieces those abominations.
I also got the opportunity of informing my parents about Islam. My mom showed great appreciation to listening to the recitation of the Holy Quran in Arabic. No need to say, she particularly liked the recitation of Surah Maryam which is named after the mother of prophet Jesus(peace be upon him). She likes it when I tell her what the Holy Quran says about the story of Mary(may Allah be pleased with her). She now even says "God willing" when she intends to do something in the future! The interesting thing is that I don't recall having told her to say that! She must have picked that up by herself from somewhere else. That was a very good thing. Of course, many of you will not like all these good news for me, but who cares what you think concerning my life?! It makes me laugh when you and others vent your frustration like cry babies!
Anyway, many Christians embrace Islam when they come to know about it. For example Yusuf Estes who is himself a convert from the US has helped thousands of Christians to embrace Islam. I like his approach of inviting people to Islam. In the following video his warmth in inviting people to Islam is clearly felt:
https://youtu.be/j2mDpahBPx8
My conversion to Islam was not difficult. Praise be to Allah, the Almighty. When I compare my story with that of some Hindus like Sanjay Dwivedi in India, I understand how my environment made it easy for me. Sanjay Dwivedi's conversion to Islam was very hard. He himself has narrated it on the following YT video:
https://youtu.be/tDUpVwY8Q-E
Even though Sanjay Dwivedi was born in an extremely wealthy and politically influential Brahmin family in India, after he announced his conversion to his parents, he was beaten so hard by his parents that he ended up in hospital for seven months!! The following is what he said in the YT video.
Sanjay Dwivedi said:
- In my family I have three elder sisters. I am the only single youngest son of my parents. In my house you will find all sorts of biggish people of political parties like Chief ministers of a state, Police commissioner, Collector advocate etc… In my family there are two groups of politicians. One is Congress and the other BJP. And my father and grandfather are both BJP politicians.
(...)
My father used to listen one or the other comments from opposition "Look he poses to be religious, his son has left religiosity after so much of studies in religion." He(my father) used to take all his grudges on me because of all these statements. These broken teeth(he shows his teeth) are the reward of that, I was beaten hard enough to get the teeth broken. I had scalp injury too. I got electric shock on my feet too. I got my leg bone broken so was admitted in my sister’s hospital. I stayed in sister’s hospital for 7 months, but as soon as I became capable of walking, I absconded from the hospital. I was adamant, but I knew the results. The result could have been even worst. So run. I reached Bombay.
For your information, the BJP is the party of Modi. These people are real savages. Idol worship has hardened their hearts so much that this is how they treat their own son. Fortunately for me, in our understanding of the Christian Bible, my surroundings already knew that idol worship is a very bad thing and were not so much attached to pieces of clay to the point of beating their own like an animal!
Hinduism and Buddhism being throat deep in idol worship has rendered the hearts of Hindus and Buddhists so hard that they do not have mercy even for their own! Besides what else can one expect from someone who worships filthy animals such as rats, snakes, monkeys, cows and whatnot! Anyway, the story of Sanjay Dwivedi had a happy ending according to his narration in the video. Even though his parents eventually renounced him as their son, he got married and was blessed with a daughter.
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Belinda wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:04 am
Averroes is at present a Muslim and needs to know how a Muslim can live within the law of America or wherever he is.
For your information smashing idols that one possesses is completely legal in America. For example, in the following YT video Christian Pastor Gino Jennings can be seen smashing an idol to pieces in his own church:
https://youtu.be/5-o88dE0AJ0?t=500
Destroying idols is not much of a problem for many Christians who know the Bible. Even on this thread itself, attofishpi gave me his consent to smash idols to pieces. He is from the US if I am not mistaken. Whereas in a place like India or Burma or other such sh*th*le, I would have been hanged or lynched for as little as talking about such a thing! But that shouldn't be surprising for a people who treat their cows and monkeys better than their own men and women!
