How to convert me to your religion:

[mkhan901]

“I honestly wish from the bottom of my heart that I could free you from the preconception that religion is the only way to whatever Higher Power may be up there.”

You seem to imply that you do believe in a Creator. That’s a good start

“I am what I like to think of as a freethinker: I don’t like to dismiss things offhand until I have all the evidence. Unfortunately, when it comes to religion, we never have all the evidence, so I cannot come to any positive logical conclusions.”

“Logic and reason are the things which I trust to lead me to truth, not the blind faith that I was raised with, because blind faith differs by area- someone else may have blind faith in a different religion and have never even heard of Jesus.”

So I will submit to you this: If you try to understand the history and context of Qur’an, the evidence is clear that there is no way a man could have come up with It on his own, nor could it have been inspired by Satan such that only logical conclusion is that It really is from The God that created us which obliges you to accept Its Message.

There is some evidence that you probably have not considered that I would invite you to consider. There’s an excellent seminar called “Divine Speech: Literary Beauty of Qur’an.” It goes over a lot of the details, history, and context of many of the verses of Qur’an.

http://www.bayyinah.com/student_center/#ARS201

If you can afford to take a weekend of your time and spend a few hundred dollars, I highly suggest you consider as life on earth is short but our life after our death is eternal. Perhaps if you contact them in advance and tell them you’re a Non-Muslim searching for the truth, they might even waive the $85 tuition fee for you and possibly arrange for lodging (no guarantees) such that all you need to do is pay for the plane ticket.

Part of the course even goes over how Qur’an refutes the logical fallacies people make.

Even if you don’t end up believing, if you are an open minded and sincere person I assure you that you will enjoy the class!

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This seminar is an ambitious and exciting new venture by Bayyinah the goal of which is to introduce non-Arabic speaking or studying audiences to the subject of Qur’anic literary beauty. Join us in this single weekend seminar as it travels all over the country in the year 2009 and as we explore numerous examples of the linguistic & literary marvel of the final divine message in easy to understand English. This seminar will be taught by Nouman Ali Khan, insha Allah.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This program is open to general audiences. No Arabic or Islamic studies background is required. Though attended mostly by adults, the program is open to children above the age of 10.

SCHEDULE
Each of the courses listed below runs on a Friday evening from 7 PM - 10 PM and a Saturday & Sunday from 12 PM - 8 PM with breaks for lunch, prayers and hourly recess.

Columbus, OH. Aug.14-16, 2009
Noor Islamic Center

Chicago, IL. Oct 9-11, 2009.
Islamic Foundation: 300 West Highridge Road Villa Park, IL 60181

Boston, MA. Sep 25 - 27, 2009.
MAS at the ISBCC: 100 Malcolm X Boulevard Roxbury, MA 02120

Tulsa, OK. Dec 18-20, 2009.
4620 South Irvington Tulsa, OK 74135

Atlanta, GA Oct. 16-18, 2009.
Masjid AlFarooq

 

[Rachel_Malloy]

This thread is now closed.

The OP is asking a MULTITUDE of questions over various topics. As per the policies of this forum, we respectfully ask that each thread retain ONE topic.

Please feel free to open another thread(s) for each of your questions.

Thank you and God bless-

Rachel