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Hi there,
I am a religious Shiite Muslim. I spent years of my life studying Shia Islam. I used to debate the Sunnis for years.
Then I moved to the UK for studying.
There I started debating the Christians.
When I was debating the Sunnis, I used to quote the Quran.
But, when I started debating the Christians, I found that they don’t look to the bible as we, Muslims look to the Quran.
Then I found that may be most of them are either non-religious or non-believers.
There, I started reading the literature of the atheists and also the bible.
It was like I was trying to establish a common ground with “them” to start from when debating them.
So from there I start to be engaged with RF before more than 10 years!
However, although some Sunnis and others have been influenced by me.
I almost concluded that people do not choose their religions for pure reasoning.
That is why I have almost stopped debating others, and stopped trying to change others.
I started trying to change myself to be a better person and a true example of how a Shia person Should be.
Our Shia Imam, Imam Sadiq said: call to us without speaking!
I thought may be more than once to leave the forum after this change.
However, I found that there are people who are benefiting of my presence, where I can give them the Shia stance regarding the different issues.
My God Help us to help ourselves and help the others
Al the best.