I beg you, do not be so quick to mark off the Gospels, they contain the truth, the power of God to save, please look at them or email me if u have ?'s. God will save you, and he can, because of his sacrifice on the cross. If you do not turn to the true God now, one day you will bow before him, the bible says "ever knee will bow, and ever tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord" Go ahead and do it now, because then it will be too late...God be with you all
You have no idea who I am do you ? Let me help you out a little bit so can have a good idea what you are dealing with
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Let me ask of your personal experience if i may?
What was your first response when you thoughtfully converted to Christianity? And how old were you when you believed that you did my friend??
And what was your personal experience when you thoughtfully converted to Islam?
I[H2O] was not a convert to Christianity. I was born into a Christian family who were zealous in their ways. I was put into a Chritian school until 12 and then resided in public school, but still maintained in bible school until 17
which was family tradition.
I always had an interest in Judaism because Jesus was a Jew. Couple of my friends were Jewish and through them I started inclining more to Judaism whereas I aventually started going to the Jewish synagogue.
By time when I graduated I was already fully indulged in Jewish ceremonies in which I was finally consecrated.
My experience in Judaism was enlightment and tranquility. I started to learn Hebrew and Aramaic and the Study of the Talamud, Kabalaism and Midrash.
I changed my Major from Political Science to World Theology to become acquinted with the major and minor religions of the world.
There was one religion that drew my attention over all of them and that was Islam. Just about every book I picked up on Theology mentioned Muhammad more times than Jesus or Moses.
So i took up the challenge in obtaining my very own Quran which was in english at first. The striking resemblance of the Laws, principles, and teachings of the Quran and Torah and needless to say the Gospels where not easy to avoid.
Of course understanding translations are not 100% acccurate do to my experiences with the Torah I started to take Arabic corses at age 20 so I can get more indeptness of the Quran so I can avoid any cultural, theological, or biased translations.
After studying the Quran with the help of learning Arabic I finally had the courage to go to a Mosque. When I did I was hit with such a blow of what I saw. What I saw was people acting in the same manner of submission as how the early Jews conducted them selves in their synagogues which is no longer a practice of today.
I thought to my self that muslims where more Jewish than the Jews of today are and they where more Christian than the Christians of today are.
My first experience was during the sacred month of Ramadhaan. I sat and watched them pray and conducted service. How did I feel among these people ? I felt like I was going the right way but on the wrong side of the track.
I decided to read the Quran again from a - z but this time in Arabic with out the help translations, and used the aid of dictionaries when they were necessary.
After this and my doubts were clear I took my shahadah and thus I became a Haneef whereas I was already muslim in Judaism.
How did I feel ? Its had nothing to do with feelings or emotions it had to do with tranquilty of mind. When I started practicing, learning and making my prayers 5 times a day it was not that much different from Judaism with the exception everything was more organized and coordinated.
There was a burden lifted from me but a new burden of responsibility was placed upon me.
Not knocking you bub, but I would say I read the bible more times in one year than you did in five years. And I am currently being updated with each version being released.