Can a very devout Christian (AND I MEAN DEVOUT) As in going to church every day, reading the bible every day, become a Muslim?
2006-11-19 23:50:24 · 25 answers · asked by . 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes like a christian preacher who became a muslim his name is yusuf estes
2006-11-19 23:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
I think Western society is the reason. We're so secularized -- we've almost banished religion from public life. Our quest to separate Church and State has become a witch hunt forcing people of faith to keep it a secret in the privacy of their own homes and churches. TV sells sex and violence, and we still watch and still buy the products advertised during the commercials. And we become immune to it. And people all around us begin to imitate it.
Muslims wear their faith proudly. I love them for that. When I see a woman in a veil in America, I don't think oh the poor thing must be so oppressed; I think, wow, she's proud of her faith, and wouldn't it be great if we were, too? They seem to have such a close community, and it seems so welcoming. Everyone needs to feel a sense of belonging. Belonging to a group of people of faith is a wonderful thing. I can see how that could be a real attraction, especially since Christianity seems so weak in our society. For example, the Catholic Church is dying in the West. There are so few priests that all they can keep up with is praying the mass. Many Catholic Churches have become little more than communion dispensaries. That's just not enough for me. I want more than that.
But I think if a person really understood Jesus' message and his life, studied the life of Muhammed and the overall message of the Koran, and compared the two, it would be unlikely that that person would convert as an intellectual decision. Jesus teaches us that God is Love. The Koran teaches that God wants obedience or there will be retribution. The Koran says God does not love sinners. Then tell me, who does God love? Must be a pretty short list.
Jesus was an itinerant preacher who washed his disciples' feet. Muhammed made his living raiding trade caravans going in and out of Mecca for ten years, killing the people and stealing their stuff. Muhammed exiled an entire tribe of Jews living in Medina, then decided to behead all the men and ransom the women and children of the other tribe of Jews. Muhammed was a warrior. The stuff about him being poor is a lie -- he kept one sixth of the booty for himself from his raids. The stuff about him marrying old widows who had nowhere else to go is another lie. Read "Muhammed: his life based on the earliest sources" by Martin Lings. This book won awards in Pakistan and Egypt. Muslims think it's great. I think it's eye-opening. Then think again about your recent conversion to Islam. We won't kill you for your "apostasy" -- we'll welcome you home with open arms. We need people like you to rebuild the church, as Saint Francis was called to do.
Muslimah, come home.
2006-11-20 00:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes a very devout Christian can be a muslim.
How?
A muslim is a person who submits his will to GOD.
And if a devout christian follows the truth in the Bible, then definitely he will come to the monotheism of GOD. He will understand the most simple truth of life, i.e. How can GOD have a son?
He will come to self-accountability of all his actions.
In fact when he does this, he has submitted his will to GOD and has become a 'muslim'
2006-11-20 00:15:38 · answer #3 · answered by flameslivewire 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
lmao nothing you can do. True religion is a very personal, spiritual thing. You can't force in to anyone. Any christian who is a Christian because all their family members and community are Christians are frauds. Pray for the child and let it be in God's hands.
2016-05-21 22:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, it seems when people change a religion it's mostly because their own religion is lacking something, or they want to find their own true religion for temselves and or they change it because of a relationship they are in. I don't really think a devouted Christian would change.. but you never know these days.
2006-11-19 23:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by Luckystar25 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I take it you're a convert yourself! While it's great you've found satisfaction in the Muslim faith, you should probably stop heckling the Christains. It's hardly going to get you anywhere, I've never heard of Yahoo Answers convincing someone to drop their faith and embrace a new one.
To answer this psuedo question:
A devout would never change their Religion, that's what being devout is all about.
Unless of course they had a spectacular falling out with their church, but, of course, then they wouldn't be devout anymore.
2006-11-19 23:55:58 · answer #6 · answered by tekn33k 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The amount of religious bigots that have answered so far astounds me. Most, I'm ashamed to say, seem to be Christian (my background). If Muslims want an excuse to become fundamentalist they just have to read the un-educated, ill-informed, blinkered, biased bile in the answers here.
2006-11-20 00:00:24 · answer #7 · answered by Teacher 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Look at all of the attacks, it is shameful. Ad hominem arguments are the last refuge of the ignorant. I think that anyone can become a Muslim...
2006-11-19 23:53:25 · answer #8 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Under Islamic law, as a grateful payment for being allowed to live and be "protected," a Jewish or Christian dhimmi paid a special head tax and a special property tax, the edict for which came directly from the Koran: "Fight against those [Jews and Christians] who believe not in Allah ... until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low."
Omar, the caliph who succeeded Muhammad, delineated in his Charter of Omar the twelve laws under which a dhimmi, or non-Muslim, was allowed to exist as a "nonbeliever" among "believers." The Charter codified the conditions of life for Jews under Islam -- a life which was forfeited if the dhimmi broke this law. Among the restrictions of the Charter: Jews were forbidden to touch the Koran; forced to wear a distinctive (sometimes dark blue or black) habit with sash; compelled to wear a yellow piece of cloth as a badge (blue for Christians); not allowed to perform their religious practices in public; not allowed to own a horse, because horses were deemed noble; not permitted to drink wine in public; and required to bury their dead without letting their grief be heard by the Muslims.
2006-11-19 23:59:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The Christians that convert to Islam feel as though something within Christianity is missing and find this something in Islam-which is the true and complete religion.
Allah (saw) guides those that are looking for the path
2006-11-19 23:54:10 · answer #10 · answered by curiosity 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
No, a true Christian would never denounce Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and a true Christian wouldn't want too.
2006-11-20 00:09:18 · answer #11 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋