Essay On Do Not Believe

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The best kind of believer is one who makes their own choices regarding belief and is willing to fight for their right to do so.

The definition of a believer is “a person who believes that a specified thing is effective, proper, or desirable” or “one who has faith in something or someone.” Faith can be further categorized three different ways. The first is legitimate faith. Legitimate faith is when someone believes in what is true. There is also illegitimate faith which is when someone believes in what is not the truth. And third, there is feigned faith which is pretending to believe in something but not actually believing. Faith is arguably something that a person either does or doesn’t have. It isn’t a choice. Buddha said: “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” So now that believer has been defined, the next question is: what is essentially the opposite, or a non-believer?
An unbeliever is said to be someone who has no religious beliefs or doesn’t follow a particular religion. That is the definition in a religious standpoint but it is easily applicable to other parts of life as well. It can refer to not following any sort of belief. There are seven kinds of non-believers. The first is the atheist. The athei...

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.... Those who believe in the Jidad bil Saif (Jidad by the sword) are those who aim to defend and extend the Islamic state through Holy war and attacks. Muslim terrorists use the uber controversial chapter 9 verse 5 or “Verse of the Sword” from the Quran to justify their intentions. It says “Fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war).” Mohammed said in the Hadith, "The person who participates in (Holy Battles) in Allah’s cause and nothing compels him do so except belief in Allah and His Apostle, will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward, or booty (if he survives) or will be admitted to Paradise (if he is killed).” When he began preaching Islam in Mecca, he was told by Allah to fight the People of the Book (Christians and Jews) because they do not accept the truth (Islam).

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