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| Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:18 PM PDT
This is the nature of the numbers game that Muslims and Christians love to play. It is a competition to see how many people you can attract to your religion. The more Muslims who become Christians or the more Christians who become Muslims will prove that your religion is the true religion -- while the 'competitor' is the false religion. And the more famous people you attract the stronger this evidence. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin
There was a slight stir last week when it was reported that Rowan Atkinson a.k.a. Mr Bean had converted to Islam. Muslims love stories of famous non-Muslims becoming Muslims, in particular if they are Christians. The Christians also love stories of famous Muslims becoming Christians. Dato' Azhar Mansor, the first Malaysian to sail solo around the world, is one case in point. What makes interesting reading is the reason behind these Muslims becoming Christians -- or Christians becoming Muslims. There will always be some sort of mystical, magical or miraculous incident behind the reason. In other words, there was some sort of divine intervention that moved these people to 'change sides'. So let me get this straight. God 'shows Christians the truth' to make Christians become Muslims and at the same time God 'shows Muslims the truth' to make Muslims become Christians. What game is God playing? And why does God not make up His mind as to whether He wants us all to become Muslims or Christians? I am sure the Jews must be having a good laugh because God never shows Muslims and Christians the truth to make them become Jews. This is the nature of the numbers game that Muslims and Christians love to play. It is a competition to see how many people you can attract to your religion. The more Muslims who become Christians or the more Christians who become Muslims will prove that your religion is the true religion -- while the 'competitor' is the false religion. And the more famous people you attract the stronger this evidence. Better still would be if you can attract renowned atheists to become Muslims or Christians. People who their entire life have propagated the belief that God does not exist and that religion is bullshit suddenly becoming Muslims or Christians would be the best evidence that your religion is the true religion. For an atheist to suddenly become a Muslim or Christian can only be the work of God and would be evidence that God does in fact exist and that your religion is in fact God's chosen religion. This shows the insecurity of these religionists, both Muslims and Christians. They need the 'endorsement' of famous people (sort of like a Tiger Beer or Nike endorsement) and the more famous people they can attract the stronger this endorsement. How can I be wrong about my religion when so many people convert to my religion -- and famous people on top of that? Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali became a Muslim. Neil Armstrong became a Muslim. Michael Jackson became a Muslim. Omar Sharif became a Muslim. Cat Stevens a.k.a. Yusuf Islam became a Muslim. Malcolm X became a Muslim. Mike Tyson became a Muslim. Sean Stone (son of Oliver Stone) became a Muslim. Madonna (it seems) became a Muslim. So did Yusuf Estes, Sir Archibald Hamilton (5th Baronet), Bernard Hopkins, Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz), Michael Muhammad Knight, St. John Philby, Robert of St. Albans, Richard Thompson, Danny Williams, and thousands more. Oh, and Dato' Azhar Mansor became a Christian -- as did Lina Joy, Ibrahim Ben Ali, Zayd Abu Zayd, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Ramzi Yousef, Walid Shoebat, Mohamed Alí Seineldín, Nazli Sabri, Begum Samru, Shams Pahlavi, Emir Kusturica, Umar ibn Hafsun, Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh, Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Sayed Borhan Khan, Bashir Shihab II, and thousands more. Actually, when we list down those famous Christians who became Muslims and those famous Muslims who became Christians, then the score is even. As many famous Muslims became Christians as famous Christians who became Muslims. So no one really won in this numbers game of how many famous people from your side changed sides. However, to satisfy the insecurity of both Muslims and Christians, they need to believe that they are winning in this numbers game of attracting famous people from your religion to convert to my religion. This is the strongest evidence that they can offer that they are right while the other side is wrong. If God can 'open the heart' of these people and make them 'see the truth', then there is no doubt that my religion is right and yours is wrong. Most religionists are not really 100% convinced that they are right about God or about their religion. Hence this endorsement is necessary to reinforce their faith. If too many people abandon their religion then this would be alarming. Something may not be quite right. But if so many people, in particular famous people, convert to their religion, then something must definitely be right. I suppose it is the same for politics. If Umno has 3.5 million members and Barisan Nasional has 5 million then they must be right. But if Pakatan Rakyat has more members then this would be very troubling. Barisan Nasional may have 5 million members, far bigger than Pakatan Rakyat, but Pakatan Rakyat garnered more votes than Barisan Nasional in the recent general election in May this year. This must mean that Pakatan Rakyat is right while Barisan Nasional is wrong. The fact that Barisan Nasional is in power instead of Pakatan Rakyat is not important. What matters is the numbers game and Pakatan Rakyat won the numbers game even though Barisan Nasional won the general election. Strange thing this numbers game is it not? It makes you believe you are right and the other person is wrong.
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