Re: Becoming a Muslim
MiniMe and WiseOne: This ones for you.
You didnt hurt my feelings. I am old enough to be insensitive to forum talk and forum labeling. Plus people can think what they want. You were not the reason that I opened this thread, it was Wise One's brutal lawyer like questioning in Woman Beating thread that prompted me to open this thread (I was getting scared that he might reach out of the monitor and invoke the 4:34 on me and I am a guy).
I have always considered myself as a muslim. Many muslims consider me as non-muslim because of my beliefs. And that has nothing to do with Ahmadiyat.
I think the issue Wise One is having is with figuring out who is wh with multi-nicks. So Wise one read the confession in Life 1 and that will set your mind at rest.
Now as ahmadiyat is concerned just because my parents believed in something doesn't make me believe in the same thing. So while I was born of Ahmadi parents, I have denounced Ahmadiyat. Now here is the catch though, I didnt know about Lahori Ahmadi's and nowthat I know and have read their beliefs I am inclined to embrace that faction, but since they also believe in some aspect of Mirza Sahib that turns me off. Now don't get me wrong I respect Mirza Sahib and his teachings in accordance to Islam, he did not say that he was the messiah or a mujtahid (or whatever). I just happened to read his philosophical readings (most ahmadis have not read that literature BTW) and was very impressed by what he wrote. If you ever get a chance you should read them as well (it wont make you into evil or a non-muslim, trust me it's all in the head)
You will be surpirsed but Al-Ahzar university has all his books and are consulted.