Is it really that simple? Just politics?
Other than political reasons - I think division also occurs when people have difference in opinion. People have difference in opinion when they interpret same thing differently!
No one is suggesting to "drop them all"!
Of course - consider everything...
Pretty much everything you write begins with a wrong premise. You are assuming wholeheartedly that my position is - all Ahadith are false. That is a wrong premise. I am repeatedly saying - all Ahidith are not false. Many have a true basis. ONLY the Ahadith that contradict with Quran are false...
Why do you think there are so many sects and so many opinions? All Sects have their respective scholars and the so-called scholars don't agree with each other about many things! Why is that?
In my opinion - religion need not to be so complicated. Messages that need to be understood only via...
Why do you think there are so many sects? So, many denominations? If everyone was interpreting the same way - then would we have that issue?
Of course one should do all that you mentioned before rejecting anything.
If we have a living, verifiable and genuine prophet leading us then we can have...
If you want to believe A God who sent Muhammad to correct "people of the book" would allow future followers of Islam to fall into similar predicament where they also would be following some new controversial books (Ahadith) that were collected and written at least 214 years after Muhammad passed...
That is prophet's job. No new prophet during our life time! What do you think?
The rest of us (not prophets) can only point toward right direction but cannot prove anything beyond doubt! I believe there are multiple ways to get to same location!
Many questions are unanswered and you cannot...
Everyone got a few right pieces of the jigsaw puzzle! When you have one thing right - you feel like you got everything right! Pieces of jigsaw puzzle are scattered among multiple religions.
Almost every religion is build like that - except the ones worshipping the devil or animal gods! Those are...
It is not possible to outsmart God!
However, since I believe Devil has a unique way to influence us. He has one of his counterpart with us in our conscious 24/7 (except when we are sleeping) feeding us his point of view - it is possible for it to outsmart us and convince us to adopt something...
You ate your cake already. You no longer possess your cake.
On one hand - you question Muhammad's existence and on other hand you claim "history" suggests Muhammad did this and did that! That continue to amaze me! That is a perfect example of double standard! Let the people who actually believe...
Without concrete proof at hand- truth is subjective! It can be based on personal prospective.
But truth can also be perishable - so again without evidence - it can sound like - just an opinion.. a prospective!
Without sustainable evidence - the truth can have many stages! Many faces!
A truth...
Look, after such a long time - it is practically impossible for you or me to prove to each other without actually inventing a time machine and go back in time and bring some evidence (birth certificate of Aisha). Trump tried this trick with Obama (that he is not a citizen by birth) and lucky for...
As you may already know - I do not belong to any known organized religion. I follow my own path. So, I hope you will find someone to educated you better with the verses from Quran. But I think you are trying to find something that is not there! Wild goose chase!
My belief is different than...
You have been explained before .....
Check previous verse. [Quran 5:32]. It would seem in contradiction to verse [5:33]. So, common sense should dictate that an exception is made in regards to verse [5:33] and that it must be about a particular group of people for a particular reason.
Right...
You should question them otherwise you are the fruit of the same tree as those who believe them unconditionally.
Everything should be questioned. In Islam Quran suggests to do that.
[Quran 8:22] "Indeed, the worst of living creatures in sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use...
God can be loving, compassionate and merciful but he is also a judge, he can dishonor whomever he chooses and he is creator of harmful things (as well as good things of course). IMO
So, better not to get carried away by thinking God will always love you no matter what. Even though, IMO God did...
Let me provide you a simple verse from Quran [24:58] where you are asked to protect a child's innocence at any cost. A parent is asked not to mingle with their own children and servants who are under age at certain private times to preserve the innocence of children! Children should not be...
You are not questioning the authenticity of any Hadith? You are accepting all Ahadith as Islamic facts? I don't think that is a smart approach! I never met any moderate Muslim who would accept all Ahadith as facts. If any non believer (such as you) is accepting it as fact then what is the...
@KWED
You seem to believe the darker side of things (pessimism) ! When you read something on skeptics' and specifically hostile critics' websites you shouldn't believe it at its face value. Contradicting information is out there - you should compare the two and see which one aligns with Islam's...