RE: [Quranic Reflection]: is being closed minded the cause of disbelief ?
February 1, 2021 at 7:56 am
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2021 at 8:15 am by WinterHold.)
(February 1, 2021 at 3:08 am)Astreja Wrote: Being closed-minded is when one clings to a point of view for non-rational reasons. It's an equal-opportunity problem, and affects believers of all religions as much as it affects non-believers.
Holding to a point of view for a sensible reason (for example, not believing a religious claim because there's no non-scriptural evidence to back it up) is not being closed-minded. It's the rational withholding of belief when the purported evidence is too weak to stand on its own merits.
There is a word for this attitude: stubbornness. Stubbornness is practiced by all humans, but it's not always carried out because of insufficient evidence given by the other party: in many times there are other causes for stubbornness, including racism,sexism, or whatever causing it.
The more a person is stubborn the harder for them to learn anything new; hence believe in anything new too. I think many athiests are stubborn; not just "finding that the provided evidence is not sufficient".
(February 1, 2021 at 5:36 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(January 31, 2021 at 11:12 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Not believing is actually a type of "not making sense" of the environment around .
I reached this conclusion from the following verse in the Quran:
History proved that the worst type of humans are ignorant humans who insist on staying ignorant and never open their minds to new things.
Actually; you can compare the humans of the past who were ready to crucify another person for believing earth was round, to the modern people who accept even multiverses.
According to that verse, the cause of disbelief is Allah, and nothing else. It says that we can only believe if Allah gives us permission to do so, but he'll punish us for not believing.
What a fucking monster.
Boru
God created everything. Even evil is his creation. See this verse from the Quran:
Quote:Sura 91, The Quran:
https://quran.com/91/10?translations=
7)And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
8)then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
9)Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
10)and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
You should accept how he created the world, and avoid the evil but practice the good deeds.
Just like you accept the good energy of the sun but avoid its heat.
Just like you accept the good feeling you get from swimming but avoid drowning.
Just like you accept the good patting on a cat but avoid lions.
But playing with evil only makes you a fiend.
