09-29-2004, 01:33 PM
LOL, Yes, I am currently a Catholic, and I try to explain to my fellow Catholics that Muslims are not the blood thirsty savages that Fox News tries to portray them as. I read the Quran, I study the Hadith, and I am currently learning how to do the prayers.
I'm a very hands on person when it comes to learning..... and when I choose to learn about something.... I like to do it thoroughly. That's why I wanted to learn the prayers too. I think Islam is a very nice religion... so is Judaism.... and there are many nice Protestants, Coptics and Sufi's that I've met too.
I focus only on the Abrahamic faiths, though. I think we should all be one huge family.... we need to come together and stop fighting each other.... everyone needs to understand one another more. I think Islam is just as peaceful as Buddhism, the key is to practice Islam correctly, you know? Not all Muslims do that.
One Muslim told me.... "Islam is perfect, but the Muslims aren't". LOL
God sent us down our prophets and scriptures...... what he wants us to do is a perfect plan.... but we are not perfect...... so that's why I feel we have so many different religions. Our pride got in the way. All of us..... Jews Muslims Christians....
Other Christians don't particulary care for me or my ideas... they prefer to just stay in the New Testament and waite for the new Israel and Jesus second coming. I try to go deeper than that.
This all might sound a bit confusing, but hey, that's me. LOL.
Peace.