/islam/ - 8ch Masjid

All those willing to submit are welcome. Your past means nothing once you declare your faith.

>>19456

You know you're going to get a hard time for being a muslim these days?

You ready for all that hostility?

Once you revert you'll be as clean as the day you were born.

1. Going by your story, you're not an apostate, because you didn't convert (don't say revert, it's obnoxious and without scriptural precedent).

2. Apostates are allowed to re-convert.

About the trinity thing, have you ever heard of the Christian sect called Arianism? It rejects the trinity as polytheistic and states that while Christ was both the son of God and the Messiah, he wasn't actually God. In my opinion this makes a lot more sense given certain passages in the Bible, such as Jesus'

prayers on the Mount of Olives (Why would you pray to yourself?).

>>19464

Ok … and?

>>19465

I believe >>19464's point is: "Is OP actually choosing Islam over Christianity, or is OP otherwise a Christian if not for the hangup over the Nicene Creed?"

This is something OP needs to ask him/herself, and if it is the latter, then there is the Arian position which was indeed once a major alternative in medieval times, sporadically resurfaced and died back down during the Reformation and arguably persists today in the form of Unitarianism (or even the Jehovah's Witnesses).

It will certainly be a bit of a struggle, especially if OP doesn't become a Unitarian or a Witness, to find peers and institutions to connect with IRL. Hey, maybe he/she will start a new sect if that's the calling. But conversion shouldn't be matter of:

>You know, I'm having trouble figuring out this Holy Spirit thing

>Here's your prayer rug, fajr's at dawn

>>19468

I see. Well, we're under no obligation to convert anyone; but we should also not discourage those who seek conversion. Someone genuinely seeking to submit to Allah should not be sent away to another religion.

>>19469

True; for me it's a matter of genuine pursuit of Islam being an informed one. I myself hold that there is such a thing as not only choosing Islam for the right reason, but leaving one's previous religious stance (including atheism) for the right reason. I just figure that OP should be aware of what his/her (I'm assuming his) options are.

>>19471

I agree OP should make sure he does more research on each religions. Ask imams for questions on islam and vice versa for christianity.