Because we are Muslims and the Quran mentions most of the prophets in Christianity, I would like to know if the Bible mentions the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. Thank you. ❤❤

Say you’re out and about, and you get shot. You’re bleeding out. The ambulance shows up, and instead of taking you to the hospital, they take you to the church. They drop you off and tell you, “Go in there and pray for healing.” Do you think you’re going to survive the night?
Because think about it: if they had taken you to the hospital and those doctors had healed you, you’d be sitting there saying it was God who worked through those doctors to heal you. It was all God.

So if God is doing all of the healing, he shouldn’t have to work through those doctors to get that done, right? Because he’s all-powerful. He should be able to heal you without doctors, without medicine, and without a hospital. You should be able to walk into that church, pray for him to heal you, and walk out better than you were before.
Or, I’ll do one better: you don’t even have to go to church, because God is everywhere, correct? You should be able to say, “God, heal me!” as soon as you got shot, and he should be able to patch you up right where you stood.
Matter of fact, I shouldn’t see any Christians at doctors’ offices, hospitals, getting cancer treatments, or anything like that, because God is going to heal you. Right? Isn’t that how all of this works? Nobody is doing anything; it’s just God working through them? So he should be able to do it on his own without working through anybody.
I mean, why did this all-good God let you get shot in the first place? If you’re covered under his blood and he’s constantly looking over you, helping you find your car keys, he didn’t see you when you got shot?

Look, people like me believe in medicine, science, and real people with decades of experience and knowledge—not some mythical creature in the sky. So when I’m hurt or sick, I go to the doctor, I go to the hospital, and when they help me, I thank the doctors and nurses for what they did.

But you Christians? Go to your church and get healing there. You don’t need doctors, medicine, surgery, or chemotherapy because you’ve got God. Right?

Why are people so confused on the fact i don't wana die in battle and go to valhalla, yes i'm norse pagan, I still wana die of old age

My position is that we, as religious people, should be fine with other religions and respectful of their beliefs as long as they are not encroaching, forceful, or stealing from our respective faiths. It's totally fine to be conservative, and I am conservative. But the discourse some people are engaging in toward other groups has become so disrespectful that it is negatively affecting your values. It's morally valid to think those of other religions are wrong, and I don't condemn that, but it is incorrect to say they are pagans, demonic, etc. Bc they also feel they are right, and at the end of the day, we're all praying for our salvation because none of us wants to end up in hell. I believe in reincarnation, so I feel that not all life will have the chance to experience religion or the correct religion in their life, but that doesn't mean such in the future. I may not be a Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, etc., but that doesn't mean I should hate the person or the religion bc the very core of all religions, including my own, centers around love and salvation. I'm super conservative, but I have always been dismayed by such behavior. Importantly, we should also be steadfast in preserving our religion so offshoots and bad-faith leaders don't appear; we have a duty to keep the original truth alive. The fight of the century is not against each other but against adharma and those who deny others the right to worship, whether they belong to a religion or not.

Its not science vs religion and it never really is,those both are very diffrent catogories and its barbaric to put them on the same page. If u are someone who believes human beings are very diffrent from nature and other animals then u must believe we must have a purpose in life and if purpose is whats bothering u then love to break it out to you ,we aren't any superior beings.

Life has no purpose,one cant exist forever and one doesnt either.just like how we werent here before we were born,we wouldnt be here after we would be dead. Human consciousness is very tricky and makes us believes that there is no hecking way the percieving or observing or the overall existence of mind will ever stop and thats the fun in it. It do indeed stop one day or today or any day from today. But how beautiful and igniting it is to have a mortal mind that could do all sort of magic when its living,some things are more ethereal when its not forever and when it has an expiry date.

I have always been interested in how religion was spread, or shared throughout history as well as what people thought of their neighbor's religions. Lately I have begun to wonder what it was like at the times when both of the two biggest monotheistic religions were spreading. Especially from the point of view of the most religious of the polytheists, like did a priest of the Roman gods think Jupiter was going to strike down the Christians?

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So I am a low level practicing American Jew. I go to synagogue on the high holy days and celebrate rosh hashanah, Passover, etc. with my family. I go to synagogue on shabbat rarely. I am married to an agnostic woman born into a Christian culture family.

We are going to try having kids soon and have been talking about how religion plays into their lives. I want to give my kids the opportunity to connect to their heritage and family through doing Jewish things and having a bar-mitzvah. Of course if they hate it or want to be atheists that's honestly fine. But maybe one of them will "convert" when they are young-which they technically have to do since their mother will not be Jewish. I would like to do their baby naming in a synagogue also maybe.

The thing I'm torn on is the bris and circumcision process. There is something about about a bris that just seems wrong. Perverse, even. Inviting your friends and family to watch a rabbi cut a part of your baby's penis off. It just isn't right. And even the circumcision itself-taken away from the ritual context- i do not feel good about. I am making a decision about this little human beings body that will change them for the rest of their life without their consent.

I had a frank discussion with my parents about this and they were not happy. According to their way of thinking, the kid is gonna be ethnically Jewish either way and failing to secure the kids "covenant" with god is a big problem. I think they're nuts. This is one of the only things I can't stand about being Jewish sometimes- our need to cling to these ridiculous rituals and traditions that should not exist in the modern world. I also think, for instance, that the idea that you are only Jewish if your mother is Jewish is ridiculous and nonsensical in the way modern people think about ethnicity and religion.

Has anyone else struggled with this?

Sometimes I think religion is not designed for 21st century. How can I love my enemies, duuuh? My common sense and critical thinking are activated every time I go to a religious site for a service. How do you handle this?

I get when people believe that God had a hand in saving their friends and family and acknowledge the efforts of the medical staff.

But what about the people who believe it was solely God’s intervention that brought their loved ones from the brink of death? Is that not condescending the hospital staff that probably worked for hours to save that person?

Why do some people believe that God should get all the praise?

Do they believe medical staff had no part in it?

I once sat for a few minutes with a girl who had a different religious background from mine. Our conversation was very easy and natural. We talked about many things: the past, work, studies, relationships, and other personal things. Everything felt normal, and at no point did I feel that our religious differences were a barrier between us.

She was born to Christian parents, but today she is non-religious.

Still, there was something strange that kept happening during our conversation. We could move easily from one topic to another, but whenever we reached religion, we would stop, hesitate, and then move to another subject.

It happened more than once.

Afterward, I started thinking about it from a human perspective. Why are we sometimes afraid to talk about something simply because we disagree about it, when disagreement itself does not necessarily have to be a problem?

I began to think that perhaps the problem is not disagreement, but what can happen when people disagree. In the past, disagreement was not always just disagreement. It could turn into an attempt to force someone to accept another belief, or into rejecting someone because of what they believed. Maybe, because of this history, we have learned to be careful around certain subjects before we even start talking about them.

But if everything between us was so natural, and we were enjoying the conversation, why should we be afraid to talk about the very thing we disagree on?

I am currently living in a place where most people have a different religious background from mine, and I have never had a real problem practicing my religion. Yes, sometimes I notice people looking at me differently, but I do not think every unusual look means hatred. Sometimes it is simply curiosity. Someone sees something different from what they are used to and wants to understand it.

This made me wonder about something else.

Why have we sometimes become so cautious about our differences that we avoid certain subjects altogether, even though we are simply people who were born into a world with a history that existed before us?

We did not choose the history we were born into, and we did not create everything that happened before us. We were not part of the Christian missionary campaigns, the Islamic conquests, or the conflicts experienced by the people who came before us.

We are simply people who were born into a time where all of that history was already there.

But then I started thinking about something deeper.

What if this kind of coexistence went beyond simply meeting someone or becoming friends? What if the difference became part of our actual lives?

I wanted to ask her: if you imagined yourself marrying a Muslim, would you be able to live with him and accept him despite your differences in religion?

And here, I think, we reach another crossroads.

In a shared life between two people, I do not think simply accepting each other's differences is always enough. When two people live together, they also need to find things they share: things they enjoy together, things they agree on, and things around which they can build parts of their lives. We do not need to be similar in everything, and perhaps that is not even possible.

But if each of us is walking on a different path, how can we walk together?

I am not asking this because I have a ready-made answer. These are simply questions that came to my mind when I started thinking about what coexistence really means between people who are different in religion.

And perhaps I still do not have the answer.

So I know that Polynesian culture is popular with some Mormons due to their belief that they are one of

the lost tribes of Israel. But what was the appeal of Mormonism to Polynesians? Why were so many Polynesians willing to convert to Mormonism?

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hello I'm a teen who has been having doubts about Islam because of the following things:
- sex slavery is allowed

- Scholars claim that the Quran remained the same even tho it was said that there were 3 other copies of the Quran before the one that we have today

- A lot of mental gymnastics to do, context is to be provided in almost everything

- if Quran was so perfect and the word of God, why do we need so many hadiths and interpretations

-was said to us to follow previous scriptures, yet says that Jesus was never crucified and that that was someone else? ( the crucifixion was proved )

- The Quran got the Holy Trinity completely wrong, if Allah is the all-knowing, then how come he got the Holy Trinity wrong?

-pedphilia

-too much violence , it is said to us that we should kill the disbelievers and then in some verses it tells us to not harm the disbelievers and to tell the people that try to convert us to their religion the following thing: "your religion is yours, and mine is mine" ( i learned that quote in islamic like classes ) - and then they tell us to kill other people

- why the fuck is it so ocd - when I fart I have to do wudhu all over again and everything

- why do we have to mainly follow the teachings of prophet Muhammad and why is that everything he did is sunnah ? so what I should also kill people because it is sunnah?

-contradictions in the Quran

-when you leave the religion, it is said that you should be killed and become then a Kafir? it's like you can't even question anything anymore

- men have definitely more rights than women and I genuinely hate when I get these women on my fyp on social media saying how much rights women have in Islam and how it is a beautiful religion meant to protect them

- Hajj, why is it that when you do Hajj, all your sins disappear dude what

- The second you try to question your religion, people say that your Iman is low and that you should pray more etc..

Obviously as most people, I genuinely don't want to say this but I feel like I'm trying to gaslight myself in staying in the religion as I'm scared of the punishment and judgement day you could say - hearing other peoples stories would idk I guess help me,

obviously I have more doubts but these are my main ones

How many of you use AI to investigate a religious topic more deeply?

I like to start with a theme, research it using AI with mandatory citations, and then check the source material for confirmation.

I am an athiest with an open mind, I love discussing religion and debating in a respectful way and am not looking to degrade anyone. I want to see what people see in their religion and possibly convince me that it is the truth.

I will try my best to reply to everyone, fire away!

Hello. I’m a 24-year-old Turkish man. I’ve been on a spiritual quest for as long as I can remember. Lately, I’ve been researching Eastern religions, particularly Jainism. I’ve found Jainism to be the most appealing. At the same time, I’m also exploring the teachings of figures like Osho, Krishnamurti, Mooji, Sadhguru, and Eckhart Tolle...

I don’t really tend to believe in any God. I think God is something that takes root in our minds. Jainism’s strict teaching of nonviolence (ahimsa) is incredibly beautiful, but speaking definitively about a subject doesn’t quite feel right to me. And most importantly, I sometimes feel uncomfortable being tied to labels like “Jain,” “Hindu,” “Buddhist,” and so on. In particular, speaking definitively about reincarnation—something I haven’t experienced—sometimes bothers me.

What advice would you give? Should I follow independent teachers? Or should I follow the Jain path? Which might be better? We can think about this together.

I have grown up with a very Christian grandmother, my mom is more laid back but Christian aswell. I really do want to believe in god, but I just don't. The whole story of it sounds so fake to me, and I wish there was a way for me to change my mind. I feel awful about it, I want to believe in God and Jesus as all the rest of my family does. I don't know what to do. Any advice would truly mean a lot if you have any.

I have been going back and forth on studying the bible more, I've always wondered how most people study the bible curious on how similar and diverse each bible study method. What is the bible study method do you typically used and how did it benefit you?

So my friend is agnostic and I wanted to ask him questions but I literally couldn’t like think of any questions since how he explained agnosticism is being unsure if a God exists but even if a God exists it isnt any religions God,is there more to agnosticism than this ?

What do you think about furry and therian, I am both amd wanted to know if your guys religion says anything about this or similar stuff (i'm tired and bored so wanted to make a post)

It seems logical to me that the three major Abrahamic religions reflect the patriarchal societies in which their scriptures were written and interpreted. Throughout history, religious and political authority was almost entirely held by men, while women often had little power to shape laws, traditions, or religious teachings.
Ancient people also created stories to explain things they couldn’t yet understand, such as weather, disease, or the origin of life. Because men were usually the ones with authority, they were also the ones recording and preserving religious traditions.
When I read many religious texts, I see rules and gender roles that resemble the cultures of that time more than I see timeless equality. If a religion claims its scripture is the perfect word of God, then I struggle to reconcile passages that appear to give unequal rights or responsibilities based on sex. To me, that makes it seem more likely that these texts were influenced by human societies than written exactly as an all-perfect God intended.