Quote: Originally Posted by Praxius
You know what's even less difficult?
Not following or practicing any religion and living your life as you see fit, rather then living your life based on what some guy a few hundred years ago thought you should live it.
The non-religious wants to be free
That is to live as non-religious, and so you will not be bound with any restrictions; because the law is a restriction; so being without law, it means free without any restriction.
The purpose from denying the Judgment is that the non-religious man wants to be free, to do whatever disobedience he may do.
This is in the Quran 75: 5-6
بَلْ يُرِيدُالْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ . يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
The explanation:
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But man aims [from his denial of the sending-forth to the afterlife] to go on as a profligate.
He questions [with his denial]: "When is theDoomsday!?")
The Torah of Moses essentially was to let man live a good life with God's obedience; but according to their disobeying God and their stiffened necks as was described in the Bible --> then the laws were hardened and made difficult to them.
Then when Jesus came, he recommended the Law of Moses should be preserved, and he brought some alleviation.
When the Quran was revealed to Mohammed, it included much easiness for them in case they convert and become Muslims: they will enjoy the easiness prescribed by God Most Gracious; while if they keep to their old religion and denying Prophet Mohammed, they will bound themselves with their difficulties and hardness.
As in the Quran 7: 157
الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الأُمِّيَّالَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُمبِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُعَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَآئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَالأَغْلاَلَ الَّتِي كَانَتْعَلَيْهِمْ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ بِهِ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُواْ النُّورَالَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُ أُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُون
The explanation:
(Such as follow the messenger, [Mohammed] the illiterate prophet, whom they find described in the Torah and the Gospel [which are] with them:
>> enjoining on them that which is right and forbidding them that which is wrong,
>> making lawful for them all the good things and prohibiting for them only the foul;
>> and relieving them of the burden [of their covenant] and the bounds that were on them.
Then those who believe in him, and assist him, and help him, and follow the light [: the Quran] which is sent down with him: they are the successful.
Say [Mohammed, to them]:
"O mankind, I am sent to you all, by God Who owns the heavens and the earth;
there is no god but He [alone];
He gives life and causes death.
Believe, then, [O people] in God, [but do not associate anything or anyone with Him],
and [believe] in His messenger: the illiterate prophet [:Mohammed], who believes in God and His words [: the Ten Commandments inscribed on the Tablets],
and follow him that you may be guided [to the way of the truth.]"
-- [: Jews and Christians]Last edited by eanassir; May 31st, 2011 at 09:51 AM..