Majed

I'm finding peace in Islam.

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The thing is it's the religion of my family, and since I started learning more about it, and stopped resisting it, life feels better on a social level as well as on an emotional level. The truth is Islam can be like a regular religion, but it also can be a mystical path thanks to sufism. Anyways since I wanted to learn more about this tradition, as well as fit in better within my family and community I chose to accept it. 

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No one should trust what you have to say. You bounce from view to view. It’s all an act. 

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@Raze Why are you saying that ? 

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@Majed You have been going back n forth admiring islam, renouncing it, questioning it, abstaining from sex, asking about hookers, etc

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@Majed sunnah Islam or Shia Islam?  You're Lebanese right habibi? 

I love Islam. But you just can't actually be an intelligent human being and subscribe to any religion. And this is the case for these reasons :

-existence is infinity .the Quran and any scripture no matter how filled with wisdom it is ..is a finite book. You're not gonna get all encompassing understanding by reading or even memorising a finite book .

-you can't seriously let someone else tell you what to eat and what not to eat and how to shave your balls and what to do after taking a shit etc .

-killing others because they are not Muslims is a mental illness and insanity .

-you are Allah .the best thing ever .that's the one single point Islam is trying to tell you but you're too stupid to get it .

 


 "When you get very serious about truth you accept your life situation exactly as it is. So much so that you aren't childishly sitting around wishing it were otherwise.If you were confined to a wheelchair you would just accept it as how reality is. Just as you now just accept that you are not a bird who can fly."

-Leo Gura. 

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If it brought you peace, that's fine.

Walk that path if it works for you, just be respectful with other people's faiths and or ways of living, as you want others to respect yours. 

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You already find it beneficial, so be happy with that. As long as you recognize that it is a belief system - and so separate from the truth, provided this is your goal - then there's no problem.

Edited by UnbornTao

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Religion is a social game. You can't practice spirituality effectively while being locked into an ideology that presupposes that it has all the answer, especially when that religion is rooted in the middle-ages. Like, not eating pork makes no sense in the modern age. 

It's fine to play that game I think. It is a form of community. I've myself gone to church a couple of times for the experience. Just don't get lost in the sauce. Though I don't think you really need it.

Personally, it is impossible for me to subscribe to any one religion as "the truth". I'm too aware of how religion is a product of collective imagination. There might be aspects of that imagination that are rooted in something wise and spiritual, but those ideas are treated as dogma, making them effectively noise. Which is why you have to think for yourself. Most people are religious primarily because they where raised as such. They programmed/brainwashed depending on how you want to interpret that. That is huge when you consider the epistemic quality of religion. Which also explains why religion is intertwined with culture. Islam is culturally Arabic and vice versa, just like western culture is Christian and India Hindu. You cannot subscribe to religion without also subscribing to culture, which is to a large extent unavoidable. Western culture is rooted in christian beliefs and values. Though those beliefs and values have been watered down and lost their religious edge over time, those values where originally christian, like seeing nudity as shameful. 

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6 hours ago, Twentyfirst said:

@Majed You have been going back n forth admiring islam, renouncing it, questioning it, abstaining from sex, asking about hookers, etc

Isn't it a natural path of someone truly questioning their views and trying to arrive at truth?

@Majed I feel it's good you found a piece of truth in islam. The thing to be careful of though are the false/toxic beliefs that often go with islam (like conquering the world, converting everyone to islam, women's rights, etc...). Depends on your environment I believe. 

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2 hours ago, Viking said:

Isn't it a natural path of someone truly questioning their views and trying to arrive at truth?

@Majed I feel it's good you found a piece of truth in islam. The thing to be careful of though are the false/toxic beliefs that often go with islam (like conquering the world, converting everyone to islam, women's rights, etc...). Depends on your environment I believe. 

Yeah it's fine. He was asking why Raze said that so I just mentioned the facts

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On 10/9/2025 at 10:48 PM, Majed said:

The thing is it's the religion of my family, and since I started learning more about it, and stopped resisting it, life feels better on a social level as well as on an emotional level. The truth is Islam can be like a regular religion, but it also can be a mystical path thanks to sufism. Anyways since I wanted to learn more about this tradition, as well as fit in better within my family and community I chose to accept it. 

Any path that leads to peace is good. If I could understand Arabic i would read the actual works of Khalil Gibran, Also for most people it makes sense to stay close to your source, language and culture has an intricate way of seeping into one's DNA and foreign ideologies remain Alien to a certain extent no matter how deeply you incorporate them. It looks like a show or an act for some reason.

The truth is in you, just use the tools that are closest to you, don't go too far.

Edited by MutedMiles

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On 10/11/2025 at 6:11 PM, MutedMiles said:

Any path that leads to peace is good. If I could understand Arabic i would read the actual works of Khalil Gibran

His The Prophet is also in English and is amazing - https://www.kahlilgibran.com/images/The Prophet Ebook by Kahlil Gibran.pdf

''You shall not fold your wings that you may pass through doors, nor bend your heads that they strike not against a ceiling, nor fear to breathe lest walls should crack and fall down.

You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living. And though of magnificence and splendour, your house shall not hold your secret nor shelter your longing.

For that which is boundless in you abides in the mansion of the sky, whose door is the morning mist, and whose windows are the songs and the silences of night.''

Edited by zazen

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There's literally an infinite number of choices of everything these days for egos to "define their individuality" and "be themselves" whether it's cars, vacation destinations, sports teams, video games, or religions. Makes me chuckle.   Find your inner peace. How you get there doesn't necessarily matter as much. It's neurochemical reactions in the brain combined with external stimuli generating a result determined by genetics and environment. 

I've found 15 mg/day Lexapro to really help me achieve peace of mind, working on my thoughts and mindfullness without that reactive emotional animal brain always getting in the way with it's irrational evolutionary demands. 

Edited by sholomar

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Your family and society around you is always going to exert a significant influence over you, that's just how it goes. You can be told how much of a BS it all is countless times but at the end of the day, just for the sake of sheer day to day practicality, you'll end up abiding by the traditions


Blind leading the blind

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