[quote]
Originally posted by kumarakn:
**Changez_like:
What makes you think that there exists a religion that is complete?
If you think Islam is, then you are collossally wrong. Religion evolves with human thinking What you think to be right today may not be right tomorrow. Also, what seems to be right to one person may not seem to be right for another.
The maturity of a religion is demonstrated by its flexibility. The older the religion it is, the more flexible it will be, for it would have understood that it is sooo wasteful an effort to try to paint the world with one single color. It simply is not possible.
There will never be a point where the whole world will have one religion. One man's cult is another man's utopia.
Want proof that Islam is changing? what percentage of muslim women wear shorts today and what percentage wore them in the 14th century? How many muslims were gay in the 14th century and how many are now? Why is Islam implemented differently in Afghanistan from Pakistan which is different from Saudi Arabia? Definitely these are changing. People's perception of their religion is changing.
Change is a reality. Accept it or be destined to die. **
[/quote]
It is beleif of ALL MUSLIMS that ISLAM is completed. It outlined all guidelines, it gave you the basis in which you can judge what is permissible and what is not.
You talked about shorts. Gayism in Muslims. These are ALL personal acts. You can find prostitution in 'Muslim' society but that does not mean that it is "ALLOWED" in religion. If one committs adultery, he is accountable for that. If one dresses against the teachings of his/her religion, (s)he is accountable for that... it does not mean that RELIGION has changed. FOLLOWERS have changed, but the Religion has NOT changed.
The decline we see of Muslims is because they are not following their religion completely.
Thats different from Christianity though, they started to make things PERMISSIBLE which were FORBIDDEN for them, basically opened up their religion for changes according to HUMAN demands (not NEEDS).
IF Muslims are doing something that is FORBIDDEN (whether 1300 years ago or today) does not make it PERMISSIBLE. Thus, religion does not get changed if followers changed themselves.
We oughta be Changez like, don't we?