(March 22, 2013 at 6:07 pm)Rayaan Wrote: The belief of punishment in Hell for eternity is probably the thing that made me doubt the most.
Even if this doesn't make you doubt any longer, it should at least get you to question the whether a god that would create a system that would punish people for eternity for finite thought crimes deserves to be worshiped.
Quote:Those things and a couple of other things still cause me to doubt sometimes ... yet, the core god-belief of Islam never leaves my heart.
Because you're beliefs are not supported by demonstrable evidence, reasoned argument and valid logic. They are based on emotion and wishful thinking.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
