Im sorry for your loss. I know our family (everyone) lives after their physical passing. Their role is go help ans take care of us. I know this from literal experience. My grandmother passed two years ago and she is still with me. My father has liver disease so I pray to our family and spirits to keep him safe as he continues through life.
Our flesh doesnt live forever. Our spirit does on earth. Its good you find peace in your god. Never let go of that.
Thank you my sister.
It is true that they die physically but their soul still there. I'm just going to ask you one thing I hope you don't mind, but why do you think that people who couldn’t help themselves to stay alive and to save themselves form disease can save other peoples after they die? They have a soul before they die and after they die too. I believe that my father still watching over me, but he can't save me from an accident or from a disease.
I wish that your father get well soon. Don’t lose faith in God and be sure that he will be saved.
Yes, every single religion on earth is man made. They did not happen over night...it took centuries for them to develop in every culture, on every continent, and in every era. Man came up with the superstitions, dogma and mythology. Man wrote all the "holy texts" involved with whatever religion. Man came up with the costumes, rites, rituals and customs. Unless you have video proof of some supernatural being coming down out of the heavens and interacting with mankind, then the only verifiable answer is that man did it all. Do you have such proof?
The book (holy Quran) content of facts of the past and the future, no human can speak of it without great knowledge, at that time, during the life of the prophet( peace be upon him), they were not familiar with technology and there were no modern tools, they lived in a desert, there was no knowledge of any kind specially science and astronomy. There are facts in Quran that is not discovered yet and some which have been discovered only lately using the most modern equipment. How did a normal man who lived in a desert fifteen centuries ago to know about it? There are lots of things Quran told us such as the stages of embryonic development, the nature of the oceans, etc.
In Quran there are some verses talks about the prophet( peace be upon him) which rebuke him, but if the Quran was written by him he will avoid writing those things.
But instead he will write lots of good things about himself and there are no such verses of that in Quran. And people of course want credit for what they publish, but there are no verses talk about the prophet asking people to worship him.
Al Imran, verse 144: Muhammad is no more than a messenger preceded by [other] messengers, so if he were to die or be killed, would you then turn your backs? Those who turn their backs will cause God no harm, [but] God will reward the grateful ones.
This verses proves that Quran is not from the prophet ( peace be upon him) but from God.
Miracles in Quran contains of stories, beliefs, legislation, rulings and the accuracy of it cannot be produced by any existent, no matter of how great his intelligence, which was been proved by the most knowledge - non-believers themselves then and now.
But I can't provide you with a video as an evidence. I understand that you have a strong feeling of disbelieving and I don't know what the reason behind that, however the prophet ( peace be upon him) lived for 63 years, he lived a normal life, he was a shepherded, he don’t know how to read or write, when he received the massage of Islam. And you say it takes ages and centuries, and to descends from antecedent to the new generations, it needs a lot to write a book, but this religion started with the prophet ( peace be upon him) it was new at that time. How did the prophet ( collected all the information of the past and the future?) why can't any other man do that? There are some people who live until 100, can they create a religion during their life?
The Quran remind unchanged, and if anyone tried to change a letter he will be discovered immediately that the power of Quran, it was and still saved by God.
And as i said in my previous reply, man-made religions are wrong.
Thank you for sharing that. =) I'd like to read the Quran some day. I'm going to wait, however, as I'm not very fond of Islam at this moment... I'd like to read it when those negative feelings subside, though that might take some time (I've known people who have suffered due to extremism, and I'd like to set that aside when I read the Quran, as I understand extremism doesn't represent Muslims and their beliefs).
Ultimately, I'm glad to know it's given you peace of mind, and that it's helped you find your way. =) I feel there are many paths that lead towards the right direction, but some are more right for us than others. For me, Christianity wasn't the right path...
I'll try to keep it short; I've been a Christian most my life, and a pretty serious one at that... I grew up in a Christian home, became part of my local community, involved myself in the volunteer projects (which I still love doing), etc etc. Eventually, though, there were some things in the Bible that just didn't sit well with me. Over the years more and more of those things just bothered me... So, I just decided to take a break from god and shove Christianity into the back of my mind. For years I just let it sit there and ignored it. =/ I tried to adopt an agnostic view, though that wasn't a happy way for me to be.
So, just recently I decided to bring all of it up and confront it. I gave Christianity a try again, but very quickly I realized that it just isn't my cup of tea anymore. I know there are denominations that reflect my personal views more, but there are things about Christianity that are irreconcilable to me. =/
After that, I decided to cut ties with Christianity, and to look and learn about other religions. This is a daunting task, though, as I'm extremely ignorant of other religions. There is a LOT to learn out there (I guess that's one reason you won't see me post much, as I lurk and read more than I write and respond, heh). It's good, though; knowledge is power.
I then stumbled across Zoroastrianism (the world's oldest monotheism, as far as most historians can agree)... and, well, it just clicked with me. The more I learned, the more I fell in love with it. It was a strange experience for me, as I really wasn't expecting to find a religion that fit me so well... I thought it would be more difficult than that. Still, I prefer caution over blindly diving in, so I've not been allowing myself to give in entirely to it (I'm still new to the religion). =) The lack of dogmas has been liberating, and I love that the religion is geared towards improving ourselves and those around us. Good thoughts, good words, and good deeds are the three primal elements of the faith (there is more to it than that, but fundamentally, those are the three pillars everything is built around).
I won't say more on it than that, as I don't want to come across as proselytizing. XD You can post in the Zoroastrianism DIR if you have any questions that are specific to the Good Religion (the original name for Zoroastrianism). =)
Thank you for sharing your story. Zoroastrianism, I learned about it in an early age when I was a teenager, I wasn’t interested before, so I know some general information. I would like to get deeply in it and know more about it.
As you said, there is sure some right religions, but there are some tips will guide you to the right way. I'll give you one advice, don’t give up until you find the truth. Good luck.
However, I'm sure that the admin won't mind since you invited me to discuss in your DIR yourself, otherwise ill get a warning, I don’t need that. I'm curious about few things too.
