(September 6, 2013 at 5:07 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Should I begin to study the quran because the religion of Islam has a lot of followers and converts so there must be something to it?
No.
Not all muslims convert to the same type of Islam, there's the nation of Islam, sunni islam, shia islam, quranist muslims and others I think. In fact I'd go as far to say as it's very difficult to find two muslims who both believe the quran is telling them the exact same thing.
There's plenty of people who believe in the church of mormon, and the christian bible it doesn't make it any more real.
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This is somewhat true, in any case, true enough to make the Qur'an not worth studying for someone who is trying to understand the belief instead of finding allah. IMHO. I'm curious as to your opinion on this? Islam had a big influence on my life, but I never bothered reading the Qur'an even after I got somewhat interested in the religion, I just sometimes listen to what muslims say they believe, and if my muslim friends bring it up, I'll encourage them to explain their beliefs to me. I think this is a better way than actually studying the Qur'an because all of them interpret it so differently. I briefly considered studying it but then thought it'd be a waste of time because I bet if I quote it and a muslim disagree they'll just say I'm interpreting it wrongly and I don't know arabic. I'm not interested in studying Arabic just to have a debate.
