Enlightened rants...

[WinterHold]

Observing life leads to believe in the Quran, from my perspective. You have your experiences in life to prove the verses of the book, validating it through and through. Or in other words: the argument from design.

I have life experiences, but they never led me towards the Quran.  They did lead me towards music, and astronomy, and writing.  Don't underestimate the power of culture (both in one's family of origin and the culture of where we grow up) to influence us.

If God willed; he would lead you to the book. There is no standard for how to get guided like many religious institutions and members claim; the only rule is to be good, doing the things that God loves. Charity, treating family with respect, being merciful to the poor and needy; all these play a factor according to this verse:

Sura 90, The Quran:
( 11 )   But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
( 12 )   And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
( 13 )   It is the freeing of a slave
( 14 )   Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
( 15 )   An orphan of near relationship
( 16 )   Or a needy person in misery
( 17 )   And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

All I can say, is that being nice, being good, having a heart in general opens the road to belief.

Sura 13, The Quran:
( 11 )   For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah. Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

It's a matter of personal choice. That's why compulsion is not the path to change anything in any field in life; let it be religion or other matters. I don't know how God decides, but I know for certain that he's not human, has no gender, "he" is only used a reference to him because Arabic has no adjective for God, and that the more people do good, the more the chance increases for him to guide them to the right path.

It shows itself in the world; too. Bad people perish; while what remains useful to people stay.

I really think you were good enough to be led to the culture you practice. For example:

Sura 6, The Quran:
( 75 )   And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain [in faith]

Personally; I think God is doing what he did to Abraham since the dawn of time; with sparking love for astronomy and inspiring new advancements in the field. Modern humans in specific saw a lot. You too; and me also. Why won't the spark and the interest be of Godly origin?

Maybe he saw something in you, so he sparked the love for astronomy and music in you. Isn't he capable of knowing the future; according to the claims of Mohammed?