In fact, I dont think Ive ever heard a Muslim declare his love for Allah, for ISLAM yes, over and over again, meeting every standard of BRAINWASHING you could put on a BRAINWASHING checklist.\n\nWHY DOES GOD NEED TO BE TOLD HES "GREAT"? I understand some saying "I" love God but the Islamic declaration that GOD IS GREAT has more the feel of a threat and is consistent with mentality of insecurity underlying the psyche of almost every single Muslim.\n\nFurthermore, not only does it have a threatening quality to it, it also has a fearful quality, almost as if the desperate reptition of "ALLUAH AKBAR!!" is merely a audible release of their fear of the unknown.
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Because Muslims do not have a love relationship with God the way Christians do. He is not their loving father, but instead he is a judge. Don't lynch me just yet... my best friend was Muslim when I lived in AL and we'd talk about this a lot.  I went to her temple, read any book she wanted, I ever read the whole Qu'ran, but I am a Christian because I need someone to love and I need someone who will love me back.\n\nIn her temple, I heard a "sermon" (I know i'm using Christian terminology here- my apologies) and the guy told this story: One very pious woman who prayed daily and faithfully did everything she was supposed to, let her cat outside on a leash.  She did not feed the cat or give it water and it died.  This woman was damned to hell.  Another woman who was living loosely saw a thirsty dog and had compassion on it and gave it a drink- and she went to heaven.  His point was that Muslims never know which actions will damn them to hell, so they must be good all the time.  It is fear based. You could do the right things your whole life, then mess up once and God can damn you and not even let you know!  \n\nLook at their heaven.  A christian sees heaven as a final oppertunity to recieve the fullness of God, we get to spend all the time we want with Him, fellowshipping with Him at banquets, worshipping Him.  Muslims think that heaven is full of virgins waiting for them, among other things- why get excited about this?  Think about it.  Why would you need something other than the presence of God to get you excited about heaven?  It's interesting to think about at any rate.\n\nBasically if you do more good than bad- you're OK.  The problem arises when some actions hold more weight than others.  Sadly their God has not clearly written out which actions these are and how much they cost- like "if I feed the homeless this week will it make up for the fact that I kicked the dog on Tuesday?"  They don't know!  No one knows how much each sin and each merit costs.  Their salvation is not secure- it's a constant state of proving your worth to a Being who finds you unworthy anyway.\n\nThe difference is, Christians do it backwards.  Instead of working to get to God so we can try and be near Him like they do; we are given God freely (the Holy Spirit) when we accept Christ's sacrifice.  So we're given God at the get-go, and then we get to spend time with Him because we love Him, not because we're trying to prove something or get into heaven.  Our salvation is secure when we accept that we'll never be good enough to get to heaven, so a sacrifice is needed.
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I think he is saying what he has been brainwashed to beleive.  Althought, I do know that this is what true islamic faith means.\n\nI am just amazed at this... There are so many people supporting Muslms, but Christians are the worst people to have inhabited the earth...
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God already sent Moses and Jesus with alot of miracles and people still disbelieve. \n\nmost of the miracles that Done by Muhammad has done between him and the believers. \n\nhere is God explaning:\n\nQuran ch17\n[59] And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayât (proofs, evidences, signs) but that the people of old denied them. And We sent the she-camel to Thamûd as a clear sign, but they did her wrong. And We sent not the signs except to warn, and to make them afraid (of destruction).\n\nthe best from among all the believers are those who believe in God without even seeing a miracle. they called Jesus a witch and a liar when he showed his great miracles. \n\nthe best from among the believers are prophet Abraham. who found God without any Holy book sent to him, neither there was a prophet sent to him. He reached to God from his mind and heart. that God is only One to be worshiped.
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Absolutely not.  The Koran is as much God's word as the phone book is.  Both were written by men.  Allah is a false God and no on one in the civilized world gives a damn about Muslims anyway.  They have made NO impact on the spiritual growth or awareness of people on earth at all.
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from my experiences, there is one god.  this god pervades everything that you experience and is within you also.  however, this god also pervades everything outside of our comprehension, and our feeble minds cannot comprehend the existence of this god.  even by attempting to describe God is a useless attempt because we are attempting to limit God to things that we know.  how you pay homage/honor/worship is on you though.  find whats right for you, there is no wrong way whether it be judaism, christianity, or islam.  the only wrong way is by not letting this God within you reveal him/her/itself by basing your beliefs off someone elses (the most intimate encounter one can have with God is through oneself).  Good luck to you
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Heylel?\n\nHe wants to be the Most High, he is a prowling lion, he denies Jesus as Lord, he causes bloodshed, he wants his own religion, he's proud -- he wants your soul, and he does produce fear and demands submission.\n  \nSounds like Heylel to me.\n\n---Islam does not fit Heylel's real religion desires, so the best answer, could not be the Muslim god.
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I think in part this is true because of a lack of knowledge on the part of English speaking Christians, who have either read Jack Chick tracts about "moon gods" or simply are not aware that Allah is a word from another language.\n\nBut I also think Muslims themselves may bear some of the blame for this - the insistent use of "Allah" among English-speaking Muslims instead of using the same word other English speaking religious people. And then there are those triumphalist muslims who argue that Christian and Jewish words for God (such as YHWH, "I AM", or El) are not his name and only "Allah" is. \n\nI would hope that if Muslims decide to be less confrontational about naming, the rest of us might do so as well.
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Unfortunately, most muslims do not understand the nature of Allah.  He is more pleased with people that come to him willingly than at gunpoint.
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well u have raised a quite reasonable question,look my dear whoever u are....the Word "GOD" has the same meanings never mind its Allah,GOD,Jesus,Budha,Hanuman and what so ever, their meanings ,respect are the same...like i m muslim...i have never seen Allah but i m strictly believe in Allah, this is the Islam which preach us to obey the orders of Almighty Allah, \nThere is a different kind of believers in this world some of them worship idles,some of them worship Fire so me of them have belief on jesus but their collectively moto is same....i think we should not fight on these matters coz we dont have much knowledge,but we all know one thing that There is someone who is creator of this universe and he is Almighty Allah.....and thats all.....never mind u gave him a name of Jesus or whatever......\nRegards,\n\nShahid
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Every one wants their religion to be THE BEST ONE by flaunting good deeds they try to make it so.  In the  Bible it says do not flaunt your deeds only god needs to know. (not exactly, but close) I would like to think no matter what religion you practice this should apply, I hate to think people do good just to convince others of their goodness, only you and your god or goddess or??? need to know
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that actually true. he heard the muslim call for prayers which is:\n\n(ALlaho Akbar twice) = Praise to God..Praise to God\n(Ashahdo anho la ilaha illa allah twice) = I witness and believe there is no other God but God\n.\n.\n. and to the end of (there is no God but God)\n\nand for the answer up there. why did Neil Armstrong let his secretary speak for himself and not him personally?  why didn't he reveal himself infront of public and announce it himself that it was hoax? Because It Happend!
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This stuff happens everyday and I used to ask why it was happening to me.  Now I know God has a plan for me, protects me, and hears my prayers.  I am a muslim woman.  I know for a fact that God does hear my prayers and protects me.  I should be dead, should have been a few times already, or at the very least have a disease.  Before I became a muslim, I was living a very bad lifestyle.  My husband knows God hears me.  he is always shocked at stuff that happens, because he knows that these things that I prayed for are rare and somehow always happen for me.  God does exist and there is a reason for everything.  You just need to let go of the problem and put your trust in God.  God will take care of it as long as you do good.
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What's your point? Are you happy with Jesus (pbuh) in your heart? .......... good for u - i hope you are. Am i happy with Allah in my heart? ........ yes i am\n\nend of story\n\npeace and blessings :)\n\nEDIT: all of you who bash me for stating my belifes - remember ''love thy neighbour''
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It all boils down to one thing, and one thing only.  Muhammed, when he was inventing allah and islam, took and corrupted (intentionally or not) a lot of factoids from Judaism and Christianity.  His ONLY defense against his inadequate knowledge of science, astronomy, anatomy, physiology, history, religion (esp Judaism and Christianity), and many OTHER fields of thought was to declare EVERYTHING ELSE as wrong or corrupted.  (nice try, Mo)  \n\nIslam "claims" to be correct and complete, yet denies the divine nature of Jesus.  Islam is at a loss for anything spiritual (resorting instead to lavish physical pleasures and rewards for following allah/Muhammed).  There are so many blatant errors in the koran that it's not worth listing.\n\nChristianity (rightfully) views islam and allah as a false god.
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assalamualaikum ! may ALLAH shower us and all mankind with Bountiful HIDAYAHS so that we can live a meaningful life in the sight of the ONE Creator ; ALLAH azzawajalla .\n\nI have noticed your ZEAL to protect ISLAM and it is a commendable act . by answering to questions posted by "insane islam" .\n\nthou as a brother to another brother , i like to remind my self while forwarding this TABLIGH to you and us all muslims that ALLAH is AL-MALIKUL HAQ-UL MUBIN . ALLAH is controling everything including our faith and may ALLAH protect me , you and all muslims and mu'mins from kufur . amin .\n\ni just don't think "insane islam" is paying any attention to the answers that was provided for his questions . again only ALLAH can help  us all from any cruelty that our enemy is inflicting us .
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First of all Islam means totally submitting to God's will in every aspect of life. We believe that worshiping God alone and submitting to Him (Islam) is the core of every message that God has sent to the world, and thus the most important teachings of all God's messengers are the same.\nDifferences in the messages were in secondary issues and not in the core beliefs. Each message was appropriate for the time period in which it was sent. Since Islam was the last message sent by God, He Glory be to Him made it appropriate for every time and place.\n\nSo in the core beliefs we are Muslims (submitters to God) just like Jesus peace be upon him and all the messengers from Adam until Mohammed peace be upon them all.
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All muslims are not terrorists and all terrosits are not muslims. Men at various time in history have resorted to violence in the name of God.  There have always been men who believed in the power of sword and there always have been men who believed in the power of love. The fact that the world has survived till date proves that the believers of love have till now been more successful than believers in blood.\n\nAll of us who believe in Love are stopping those who belive in blood by loving those around us.