What is freedom? Is it owned by one religion or philosophy? Is it good or bad?
Ive come to think that freedom is universal and practical. Ive always seen islam as teaching the opposite of freedom....subbmision to god in the past. I still think this is true and the scripture confirms this yet this does not neccesarilly mean freedom is not part of islam. Mohammed encouraged a secular state including other faiths in the saudi town of madina. It would seem this does not mean mohammed said people should seek freedom from god however. Islam teaches that muslims must follow muslim rules of quran but at the same time allow everyone the freedom to choose which rules and religion they want to live by. Islam is an ideal for people to adopt or not. If you adopt it it will be good for you of course and if you dont choose to be muslim im pretty sure you wont make it to heaven. But the fact is mohammed taught freedom.....real freedom! where evryone can by definition BE FREE to choose what religion they want and live by it. Sadly the world we live in today is far from free and people are trying to eliminate religions just the same as fundamentalist religious people are trying to eliminate other competing religions.
Best option is to build a private yaught and escape the madness and tirany of this world. Become a pirate on your own dive boat and live how you want without interfearance from anyone. I dream of going back to my scuba diving career. trouble is it takes money.
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