I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim
The Quran sought to reform, not to destroy and start from scratch, to salvage what was useful and then to modify and build on it. The task was to get the Arabs to think about religion in a novel way, to inculcate in them a new conceptual frame of reference, to transfer them from one worldview to another, and higher, one. This process of transformation took them from traditionalism to individualism, from impulsiveness to discipline, from supernaturalism to science, from intuition to conscious reasoning and, in the end, ideally, harmonized the whole. The Quran does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent or despondent about our progress. Personal ignorance should be admitted, but it should not be allowed to place limits and bounds on the ways 'and means of [u]revelation[/u].
You cannot simply read the Quran, not if you take it seriously. You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it. It attacks tenaciously, directly, personally; it debates, criticizes, shames and challenges. From the outset it draws the line of battle, and you would be on other side. As you read the Quran and pray, a door to your heart would be unsealed and you would immersed in an overwhelming tenderness. No one knows loneliness like an atheist. When an average person feels isolated, he can call through the depths of his soul to God- who knows him -and sense an answer. An atheist cannot allow himself that luxury, for he has to crush the urge and remind himself of its absurdity.
You cannot simply read the Quran, not if you take it seriously. You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it. It attacks tenaciously, directly, personally; it debates, criticizes, shames and challenges. From the outset it draws the line of battle, and you would be on other side. As you read the Quran and pray, a door to your heart would be unsealed and you would immersed in an overwhelming tenderness. No one knows loneliness like an atheist. When an average person feels isolated, he can call through the depths of his soul to God- who knows him -and sense an answer. An atheist cannot allow himself that luxury, for he has to crush the urge and remind himself of its absurdity.
