Where we differ on is that I hold the opinion change will come from inside our Hearts, when we change our outlook and understand that morality towards believers and non believers alike is most important. Then we can say we are united as One, through our belief in the Oneness of God.
Your opinion of change or reform is an external one, in the form of A messiah that will guide us, Another Man that you need to bring you close to your creator. And even after that Messiah has come and passed, non of our issues have been resolved...
My faith is based on the finality of Muhammad's message and prophet hood, that is why I believe after he has passed the only guidance we truly need is the Quran and God's help. That being said I don't close the door on good regardless of source, honestly I feel if I associate myself with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad I will not come closer to God but will infact be moving farther away. Allah has blessed me with experiences in this life which have shaped my opinions, and everything I said about spiritualists and their doctrines I believe with every inch of my Heart, brother I hope you look at religion and the state of Mankind from more angles maybe you will see where I am coming from. Where do you think this deviation in religions come from? The only source is the cursed one(Iblees) who has been able to influence and manipulate every religion that God sent for us except Islam, I have never said everything that mainstream Islam teaches is wrong, What I have said is that we are concentrating on the wrong things by looking at what others do, I believe Allah will protect the Majority of the Muslims and keep them on the right path till the end of time and their will always be Good leaders(not divinely guided) Khalifah's among our Ummah, but they shouldn't come with completely new doctrines or people shouldn't mourn their deaths for thousands of years. You should look into how exactly the great deceiver has deceived us...
Everytime I invite you to turn to the Holy Quran you turn elsewhere. What can I say, what can I do. My opinion is based on the teachings of the Holy Quran.
On a side note, there is not a single instance where mankind reformed themselves without help from God. There is a reason messengers are sent. The Quran is a book, it was accompanied by a Prophet for good reason. If the Quran alone was sufficient the the state of the world wouldn't be like it is today.
Also note, the period you are observing is the period when Muslims have rejected their Messiah. Hence, they are punished. Allah (swt) has never enforced religion upon mankind, hence, their rejection is their own doing. Also note, never has a Prophet of God come who was accepted in masses. How can one ask to achieve in a couple of years that which the Holy Prophet (saw) did not achieve in his lifetime (Islam Dominating the World).
Surely Islam will spread. But as always, people will be punished for the rejection of a Messenger.
[43:24] And thus has it always been that We never sent any Warner before thee to any township but the
evil leaders thereof said:
‘We found our fathers following a certain course, and we are following in their footsteps.
[43:25] Their Warner said: ‘What! even though I bring you a better guidance than that which you found your fathers following?’ They said: ‘Certainly we disbelieve in that which you are sent with.’
[43:26]
So We punished them. Behold then what was the end of those who rejected the Prophets!
[34:46] And those who were before them also rejected the truth — and these have not attained even to a tenth of that which We gave them,
but they treated My Messengers as liars. So how terrible was the change I brought about!
[35:43] And they swore by Allah their strongest oaths, that if a Warner came to them, they would follow guidance better than any other people.
But when a Warner did come to them, it only increased them in aversion,
[35:44] Out of arrogance in the earth and evil plotting. But the evil plot encompasses none but the authors thereof.
Do they then look for anything but God’s way of dealing with the peoples of old? But thou wilt never find any change in the way of Allah; nor wilt thou ever find any alteration in the way of Allah.
[38:5] And they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves; and the disbelievers say,
‘This is a magician, a great liar.
[38:71] ‘But this that it has been revealed to me, that
I am a plain Warner.’
[41:5] A bringer of glad tidings and a warner.
But most of them turn away and they hear not.
You see from my perspective what is happening today is exactly what has happened after the coming of every Prophet. To believe that Allah (swt) will change his was and reform all of mankind without a Prophet is contradictory. The Quran says if Allah (swt) wanted to make all of mankind one people he would, but this is not the way of Allah. Never has a Prophet of God come and was accepted by the masses.
I hope you see that from the Quranic perspective it is only natural. Over 500k people join the fold of Ahmadiyyat every year, and many of them are very learned men. A lot of Islamic Scholars joined Ahmadiyyat, in fact, the good Scholars have left non-Ahmadi Muslims, which explains further their state. Most scholars of Non-Ahmadi who have not joined Ahmadiyyat tend to be very astray, I think you can note this for yourself that there are few reputable Imam's today.
