Humsafar,
Only a first grade idiot can agree with what LM is saying.
Let me clarify, I'm not saying that Osama's actions are right or should be condoned. But he is quite correct in acting on the dogma his religion prescribes.
Osama does not kill without reason, and personal enmity has nothing to with it. Muslims were just the collateral damage, and, I'm sure, he will find divine mercy for that in the name of the larger cause he is advancing. Jihad? I never mentioned that and feel no obligation to provide proof. Yet, proof is there for you to find.
First you said that Osama is acting as per the religion. When I ask for proof you chicken out and write back asking me to find the proof. You are the smart one who feels that religion is ritual and blah blah blah. So you need to prove your point. I am not making any claims out here so I don't have to prove anything...
A man thinks, religion could answer all his questions, without realizing that he himself is the answer to all his questions..
LM,
Only a fool will think that religion can answer all the questions. So cut the crap.
Unfortunately, most followers of all religions are always in a seeking mode, they want answers for all their questions and so rituals and customs come into existence
LM,
Again you are talking in a alien and abstract language. Maybe a genius like Humsafar can understand this crap. And I will clarify what I am saying.
First: I want to understand what Islam is all about. I have to start from somewhere...
Second: Logically I would start with quran. Quran specifies a clear "pattern" how a muslim should follow Islam. Without reading Quran and understanding it how can you understand the religion??? Also, most of the important rituals are specified by the religion...
BTW: Which important rituals of Islam E.g. namaz is man made??? Are you saying that there is no difference between the prophet and ordinary man??? If so why people call him prophet???
Also, no religious book in the world preaches you to hate others... It is the followers who draw these lines...
So again prove it to me that Islam as religion is wrong in any way and I will accept it...
Don't give me generic statements like "every one in the world is filled with spirituality etc..."