Carol:
Yes, a TRUE Christian is a beautiful peaceful person, but the DOCTRINE of worshipping Jesus or the Holy Ghost or anything other than the Creator that created you and the universe, is wrong.
Being GOOD wrong, is like being DEAD right.
Personally, I LIKE the way the West separates the government and state from religion because if we lived under a Christendom like Constantine had I'd probably be put to death for choosing Islam.
Infact that's my biggest beef with people all over the 3rd world, most don't have the recources NOR do they have an opportunity to CHANGE their religion...they are stuck with whatever their fathers believed.
Most Hindus are Hindus because they were BORN into it.
Most Christians are Christian because they were BORN believing it.
I..on the other hand...was BORN a Christian and volutarily CHOSE MY DESTINY AND RELIGION and became a Muslim because of the freedoms of the West.
So that's atleast one good thing the West has over the East...even though we don't have as many morals it seems.
Would you believe I had no intention of converting them?
No
Would you believe I befriended them and shared my home and life with them, because I truly wanted to support them as they studied? Who knew they were finding it difficult living away from home and family?
Yes
But I will say this, although I AM a Muslim I have a lot of problems with the Muslim world and one of the problems I have is the selfish and isolationalist attitude that so many seem to have now a days.
I've suggested several times to many Muslim leaders that we should take a lesson from the Christian missionaries by going into poor territories and nations and feeding people, educating them, and helping them to build decent shelter for themselves while teaching them Islam.
Most Muslims still believe in only helping themselves or their family but not the society in general. That's why you can have so many wealthy politicians and religious leaders in the East but the PEOPLE of these countries live in utter poverty.
Webmaster:
To HECK with cake....
In some Hindu traditions it's expected for the guest to recieve one of the host's WIVES and a spare ROOM to sleep in! 8)
So I don't think I'm asking for TOO much.