Re: A Muslim's shame and outrage
This problem arises when they leave religion to certain people and don't study on their own, hence making some people the authority... do as they say. There are things that need be followed literally, some not. People by not educating themselves now are clueless what to follow literally and what not to.
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You can always blame the students/followers for going astray from the teachings, but in the end the blame falls on the teacher, no matter how good the teacher's intentions were, there was something missing in his teachings.
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No, the blame is not on teacher, we can find fault in teacher in one way or the other. If He dictated how to control the astrayed ones then we would be complaining why this way? Now that He is to judge everyone after going through the test we are complaining why judge after test. This whole life is a test, this world didn't exist in this shape and form zillion years ago and will not last for zillion years.
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My intention here is to say that muslims should change the way they read Quran.
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I agree, they should not read it like a parrot like they do today, they should learn from it and then follow its teachings, world would certainly become a utopia.