bhai it is not me or you....**that is what the silent majority still believes i.e. if you pray etc. you can do no wrong, **that is how most mullahs or people with that kind of mentality judge others as....and that's also one of the main reasons why so many Pakistanis were in denial about these Talibs until terror hit home and they themselves became victims of these extremists - period. Gladly they woke up from their slumber and there is a consensus across the country now that extremism and militancy must be rooted out and the writ of the state restored.
1- If they are 'silent' majority, how do you claim to hear them?
2- No they don't. Never ever met any mullah who said praying and fasting or going to Hajj is the only way to salvation or being a good human. I dare you quote anyone who claim to be a religious scholar and saying that.
Admit it You made it up just to satisfy your self fulfilling prophecy. Let's be realistic here shall we? :-)
Besides, who asked you to believe any evil person posing as a mullah saying these twisted things? Has God not given you a brain and mind to think about it and go read about Islam yourself?
This is the funniest argument by itself that people say:
Oh he said that, hence whatever he said must be true.
*The problem lies where you and like minded choose to put all the faith in FEW bad people deliberately (yes deliberately) so you can find excuse to bash religion.
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Still it is not the majority to be blamed who follow right minded religious people.
Islam is not the problem. It the narrow-minded and backward extremists amongst us who are the bad fish and who give us all a bad name
Again an amusing comment.
Bhai sahab, if your neighbor does the bad deed,, do you want to be blamed of his action and be ashamed of, would you agree to the whole neighborhood be blamed of his action?
It is your choice, nothing anyone can do about.
What I meant was if you pray and fast etc. it has no effect on my health but if you are untruthful, dishonest, corrupt and impolite it does affect me and the society
No you did not. Read your post again if you forgot what you wrote.
You proposed that the religion should be kept at home/private. This is what I mentioned to be funny. No idea where did you come with this keeping the religion at home.
People who do very bad things should keep those acts private.
Religion is not a bad thing by any stretch to be kept hidden at home.
*In fact anyone who is christian, Hindu, Jew, Muslim, Buddah etc., should be able to openly practice religion anywhere in this world without being afraid from anyone. Following the religion should not be considered a taboo. (I personally have seen jews wearing skull cap, sikhs wearing turban, buddhas kneeling infront of statues and respect them for being dedicated to their beliefs)
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The exact mentality I was talking about above...too judgemental!!
I don't know what you meant by this. OK. Let me re-phrase that.
None of the Friday sermon emphasize ONLY on praying and fasting. They may say you should fast and and pray but this does not mean these or like acts are the only acts enough to be good person.
For example: There are ten commandments in old testament and judaism.
Only a stupid person would think in order to follow old testament and judaism, you only need ten commandments.
OR
There are only Seven sins which are bad.
So, few particular sermons you might have attended might have given emphasis on few religious acts but if you had taken the sincere time to search, you would instantaneously have found a lot more than these few religious acts.
Why I said few?
Am I being judgmental again in your opinion?
No.
Because I know, only a person who attended only few sermons in lifetime would say that.
And lastly, please stop giving example of few bad people. This is very unbecoming act to say the least. Follow your own mind once in a while! :-)