shemightbelina

Does Islam Promote Peace?I think that addresses a lot of the things said above. Just putting it out there!

I'm normally a pretty shy person so sometimes i'm not pushy enough, apparently! and I'm into politics too, if not exactly outspoken. I'm really interested in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and i'm happy that israel and hamas reached an agreement, even if it's a shaky one. And that's very true about being pushy, i think people should just learn the facts and be able to decide for themselves :)

thank you! Sometimes it is pretty hard being a vegetarian Muslim, haha. And thanks again, it's refreshing to hear someone who isn't pushy or trying to shove their beliefs down my throat :)

aha, thank you!

hi, thanks! well i ordered the book of mormon from amazon, i'm looking forward to reading that! :) well, i think i just want a religion that isn't fear-based. as in, it's not like "oh no, if i don't do this i'll go to hell", it'll be more like "wow, i'll do this to be a better person and a better follower of [insert religion here]".

all right, so someone is a genuinely good person, who has followed the teachings of christ even if they didn't know that they did--- for example, what about a nice guy atheist? would they go to heaven? do you have to both proudly call yourself a mormon and be a "real" mormon in order to go to heaven? sorry if this has been asked already!

hello, i'm lina! recently i've been considering converting to mormonism. but mostly i'm just a bit confused. both my parents are really hardcore... my dad's a religious and devout muslim (beard and all) and my mom is a strong atheist (jewish by birth). i grew up as a proud progressive muslim, but i'm beginning to question some things. i'm hoping i can find some answers here. i really admire reza aslan (Reza Aslan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), and his book "no god but God" helped, but it didn't really enlighten, i just learned some interesting facts. i guess that was kind of the point of the book though. i've also talked a bit with the daughter of the rabbi who runs a halal/kosher food shop with my dad, but once again, i just learned some interesting facts and that's it at first i was really skeptical about mormonism because of the "special underwear" thing and because of, um, mitt romney. (believe it or not, i didn't really care about the polygamy thing, i thought people were making too big a deal out of it to be honest.) i know "because mitt romney is a mormon" was a really immature reason. (sorry to any romney supporters.) so that's over now, and i'm ready to learn more about mormonism. so, um, hello! :)