(July 20, 2012 at 2:16 am)Welsh cake Wrote: Note to self. Do not talk to Muslims about their religion or tradition. Its a fruitless exercise that'll bore the fuck out of you.
As you were.
Honestly, Mohammad made up some good things in the religion. If he didn't, I don't think all of Arabia would have submitted to him.
Salah is a beautiful way to connect to God. Fasting is a beautiful way to test your steadfastness and resolve.
There is a story in Quran about Talut and I thought I would relate it here:
[Shakir 2:249] So when Talut departed with the forces, he said: Surely Allah will try you with a river; whoever then drinks from it, he is not of me, and whoever does not taste of it, he is surely of me, except he who takes with his hand as much of it as fills the hand; but with the exception of a few of them they drank from it. So when he had crossed it, he and those who believed with him, they said: We have today no power against Jalut and his forces. Those who were sure that they would meet their Lord said: How often has a small party vanquished a numerous host by Allah's permission, and Allah is with the patient.
Patience and resolve are virtues. Fasting cultivates that virtue.
I might fast the month of Ramadan, even though I don't believe in the religion anymore, because I still see much good from it.
