Simply, I see the religion as a source of guidance, and happiness in both this life and hereafter... you do not feel it, okay, it is your feeling, but I still encourage for further searching. Your heart will never settle down without it.

(And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life) Quran 20.124

Simply, if at any moment in time, It happens that I see teachings beings not perfect, truthful, fair and wise,,,,,,,,,,,, then will certainly not believe in them.
Quran talks to both mind and heart... both logic and preach..
You as a man take the decision. It is not the teaching that control you!!

Yeah, I get you're really into it. It's a massive part of your life. That was kinda my point.

I don't feel we need guidance anymore, as humans

''And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life) Quran 20.124''

This is nothing but a controlling threat

This is a diagnosis and reasoning... from the reasult, you know the reason.

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Maqil bin Yasar (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, The
reward of worship performed at a time of trials is equal in reward to an emigration to me.''
[Muslim].

Commentary: When turmoil is rampant and society is plagued with evils, the worship and obedience of Allah
becomes very difficult. The reason being that in such a situation evils are widespread and therefore everyone easily
inclines to them. In such circumstances, worship of Allah and compliance of His Orders are merits of great
eminence and their reward have been likened to the reward of going for Hijrah (Emigration) to Al-Madinah at that
time when this migration was Wajib (obligatory). Emigration was at that time obligatory and to bid farewell to
home, property, business and homeland was sacrifice of the highest order. But this sacrifice was worth its reward. A
similar reward is promised to those who will be obedient to Allah and worship Him in an age of mischief. A believer
should avoid taking part in turmoil and occupy himself worshipping Allah instead.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, There was a
person who used to loan money to the people and he used to say to his servant: When an insolvent person comes to
you, show him leniency so that Allah may forbear our faults.' So when he met Allah (i.e., when he died), Allah
forgave him.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Commentary: Show him leniency'' implies three things in the present context - polite dealing, extension in the
period of payment and remittance of debt. All these qualities are desirable and praiseworthy in Shariah. The
incident reported in this Hadith relates to some person of a community of the ancient times, but it is such an
illustrious example that it was liked by the Prophet (PBUH) because he recommended it to his followers through his
advice and practice. This action is certainly a means of winning the Pleasure of Allah as well.

It's a controlling threat and it can not be seen in any other way!

Dear, thanks for your contribution into the discussion, and I appreciate your honesty and being respectful

As you may know, I don't engage in endless or cyclic discussion, or debate for debate only.

I explained my thoughts, and same you did.
That's it. It helps see things from another perspective, and pushs towards open honest human interaction.

Thanks again.

It harms the core beliefs if they are wrong.
Do you really believe prophet Mohammed flew to heaven on a winged horse? Yes or No..

Do you have free will to choose to be gay or to read the Satanic Verses? If so then why don't Muslims allow others to be gay or bisexual or pork eaters? ..etc.
Why can't I have a tattoo of Mohammed if none of you know what he looked like?

There's an answer for this in the book. This and every other question imaginable. Just to keep that control there and keep them from finding out how sweet life could be without it

Yes. A clear and direct Yes.
Notes:
(1) The Alburaq (somehow like a horse) was ridden from Mecca to Jerusalem (not to heaven).
(2) There is no confirmed/certain reporting that this Alburaq (say horse) was winged.
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Okay, now I know what you thinking about: How such thing could happen! It is beyond imagination, or even beyond capacity.
Alright.
Now we go back to the core of belief. Is the Almighty God has limited power/abilities? Is He limited to what a human being think the limits should be?
A limited God does NOT deserve to be a God. Regardless is these limits are on His knowledge, ability or power.
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A God who created the heavens and earth, and all rules that keep this universe, do you think He would be unable to bring his prophet up to the heavens.
If so, then what type of God is this being with shortcoming. What type of God is this being unable to manage what he claim he has created.
Nay!
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(Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent) Quran 67.1
(Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs....To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth.) Quran 39.62-63
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The other point is I recommend you read the bio of the prophet. you'll see that such extraordinary miracles are existing, BUT not the general situation all times.
For example, when He migrated, he did a lot and planned a lot. In other battles, many muslims were killed.
For all that, The Prophet becomes a role model. So muslims to do the best they can as he did.
But in the same time, we know Almighty Allah can just decide to something to happen. It would happen.
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You'll see the balance between human planning/preparation and hard work, then relying on Almighty and asking guidance and success from him.
Balance between material life and spiritual.

Yes, as a human you have the free will to do whatever you want/like... But remember, it could be your desire. Your desire is not always leading you to the right thing.
Hence, the battle between mind and hear ignites. The battle between wisedom and weeakness toward seduction of all these.
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Once I know that my religion is always either just, mercifull or wise, I would totally come to a conclusion what is the right path to go in.
This is not only teaching thing, it is my free will that choose go that direction.

(Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.) Quran 76.3

What is the Satanic Verse?
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Eating pork, being a gay, or having a tatoo (regarless what image or desing).....
Okay, all these are sins. That is, it is something we must not do.

Then, you ask me why?
I'd say: well, there is something wrong here with them. It could be impacts on health, social impact, on one's psycho, etc...
Some muslims limit this to health reasons... such limiting is a big mistake.. then they engage in endless discussion about medical research, etc..
Indeed, the healthy part is significant, but such teaching are not limited to those reasons. It could be many things touching many aspects of life.

We do encourage research and looking for reasons and wisdom behind things. It is cool if we could know something or lots of things
But at the end of the day, we believe and workship the Almight, not only in cases we reach a conclusion about research, because researcdh is ongoing and more and more things are discovered over time.
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Let me finally say, a true believer might happen to be weak in some situations. So, if it happens a muslim being a gay at some point, or eating port or having a tatto.. Ya, this might happen. If his belief has not change, then these sins do not bring him out of believe to disbelief. Belief itself is in heart, but all other actions in life are supporting this belief. A person can fluctuate up and down and a real muslim should stand strong against seductions.
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What about the flying winged horse? Do you believe that actually happened?

The winged horse is mostly from people imaginations. People imagnine things such as unicorns without solid foundation
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So what?
The animal that the prophet used is called Alburaq. It is known be taller than a donkey but less than mule... Some just called it a horse. Again, it is not winged. As I mentioned, there's no certain news that it was winged, so miostly that comes from imaginations of people.

What I believe actually happened is as follows
(1) The Prophet (together with angel Gibrael) used Alburaq to travel form Mecca to Jerusalem. They saw many things and talked about many things.
(2) The Prophet together with angel Gibrael elevated into the heavens (no winged horse there, also no Alburaq). They also saw many things and talked about many things.
The story itself is long and mentioned in Quran/many Hadiths... We may mention some of that soon.

No, for the winged horse.
Yes, for the journey that happened.
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Things mix here