Monday, May 18, 2009

hindu?

I simply don't understand how someone can choose a religion like that over something like christianity. They have over like 330 million gods and I think it's much simpler to believe in only one. I grew up my whole life with christianity so its hard for me to understand why they believe in what they do but I'm sure it must make some sense to them. In my opinion there isn't enough of a solid story behind the religion for anyone to believe in it but I suppose some are forced to believe.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

The Qur'an

Studying the Qur'an helped me to better understand the muslum religion and their attitude towards life. The chapter of the Qur'an that we as a class read centered around one main statement: Allah is all powerful and he knows whats best for you. Repeatedly the author of the chapter uses phrases like Allah knows all, Allah sees what you do, and Allah is the mighty lord of peace. By doing this we can assume that they want to leave the reader with the impression of allah having complete control. Also the author says that Allah's wrath will pour upon the unbelievers as if to instill a sort of fear or warning to tell the reader that if they dont believe they will be punished by Allah himself. The Qur'an also seems to support fighting in the first sentence in the second to last section of the chapter by saying that it is good for you. Also there is a whole section of the chapter devoted to making fun of christianity and putting christians down by saying that we dont know anything. All in all I learned a lot by reading this chapter of the qur'an and it was worth reading.