Devout's Dilemma

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Every devout person-Jew, Christian or Muslim suffers from an intellectual-moral dilemma. We inherited a set of Faith by being born in a family –Jew, Christian or Muslim. The religion of our family demands us to have Faith in some articles, and the mind generates suspicion time to time. In case of Christians, it is Faith in Savior, Faith in Virginity of Mary, Faith in Resurrection, Faith in Second Coming and so on.
In case of Muslims, the articles of Faith are-
1 Faith in God
2 Faith in Quran as Book of God
3 Faith in Mohammad as Prophet of God
4 Faith in Day of Judgment
5 Faith in Heaven and Hell
We resolve this dichotomy by various means-
· Thus, some people resort to Blasphemy and acts of Sacrilege in order to test the Truth. They expose themselves to supposed Divine Wrath and when something untoward does not happen then they pat themselves for their disbelief. Caliph Yezid, after killing grandson of Prophet, declared above articles of Muslim Faith as Lies fabricated by clan of Mohammad to attain Power. (No Muslim stood against this blasphemy at that time in the heartland of Islam, but now they protest violently if any such idea or act is reported from any part of World.)
· Then there is a Fanatic approach to this dilemma. A Fanatic wants to make whole World believe these articles (about whom he himself is in doubt) so that finally he could also believe these and could attain total Faith.

· Most of the Jews and Christians have turned Atheist but it is not perfect solution as it keeps us starved spiritually. We need Faith, along with Food, Sex and Shelter.
The real way out of this dilemma is to leave the Truth of these articles of Faith about whom we have doubt to God. We must just remember God as this consoles our hearts and we must do Good and shun Evil. The Muslims must turn to last address of Prophet that he delivered in his last Hajj. We must Love whole mankind as our brothers and sisters whatever be their religion, nation or race.
Gradually, we will re-attain our Faith.
Those who don’t want to return to Revealed Religions, there is Humanist Theism and Universal Sib-hood outlined by me in Forum of ‘War on Terror’ and in Forum of ‘Peace’. Thus world may become a better place in both ways, whether we believe in Revealed Religion or we embrace Humanism.