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Thread #107407 Message #2234804
Posted By: Bee
12-Jan-08 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Still no gods 2008 (continued)
Subject: RE: BS: Still no gods 2008 (continued)
To be sure, I know a man who turned his life of drinking, drug use and family disfunction right around by becoming a follower of Islam. It's been eight years now, and he has stuck to his conversion, prays five times a day, does not indulge in drink or drugs, has five children and a stable marriage. Jesus, of course, did not figure in this conversion.
I've known this man since he was four years old, he's in his late thirties now. He grew up with loving Christian parents, moved away to a big city, ran into some hard times, and was pretty aimless for a few years. It isn't a path to recovery I would have advised, and we've had some interesting conversations about Islam as practiced in Canada, but it worked for him, probably saved his life.
Nickhere, Islam historically worships the same father God, but does not see Jesus as divine or as the path to salvation. So here is a good effect on a person resulting, yes, from believing in God, but not in Christianity. And I've seen as good results for people who left the religion out of it entirely, focussed their behaviour changes on their family or some desired goal.