I've always pondered about the outcome if Christianity was bestowed on the ancient Mayans instead of the original peoples of the Holy Land, and Jesus of Nazarene was actually referred to as Jesus of Yucatan.
Were the Latin and Roman influences, and the assimilation of Christianity, as well as the conversion of the Western world, the boost that Christianity needed. Probably as a result of the greater divine design, but nevertheless one that Jesus is so proud of. What about the embracing of Judaism, and Zionism by the Europeans and Russians, most of whose descendants now rule over Israel, as opposed to the darker skinned Arabic-Hebraic coalition whose members still are confused over the origins of their brotherly roots.
Similarly, I wonder about the fate of Islam if it was descended to the West and the Americas for example, instead of the muslim peoples of the Near, Middle, and 'far-out-there' East. Maybe Islam wasn't meant for the muslims. Just look at them - the current and still adopted 'caretakers' of Islam. Ever since they've been entrusted with the religion, they've allowed their ethnic, racial, cultural, and secular motivations, and hatred inclinations smothered with pride and prejudice, take hold of their religious and obvious insecurities. They have been hiding their own deficiencies under the guise of religious matrimony for too long. Instead of years spent distancing religion from the secularist state, maybe the efforts would have been wiser if secularism was removed from the religion.
Bottom line: It's not the religion stupid! It's the 'religious' followers who think funda'mental'ism is never having to go back to the basic fundamentals. As a result, as soon as all religions became 'organized,' the technicalities of 'mis-interpretationism' and personal and communal agendas took over. Once again, the powerful few's common sense ruled over the common good. Subdivisionism became popular, and the ensuing polarization by the 'religious' members of not only within the competing religious denominations, but even amongst the same religious disorder as they argued who was more 'worthy,' most definitely helped create generations of non-believers and non-participants who never had a chance to examine their true religionism, whatever that may be.
I mean, should we really debate whether God really cares what direction we face when we pray. What about the dress code of ancient times, not so fashionable today even by God's standards, still enforced as the religious cloth arguments continue to determine the ultimate closeness to the divine one. Moreover, how does the sacred cow survive even in today's world of starvation and famine.
I for one think that Islam would be better served if muslims emulate the Islam that Americans (not the government and other sources of evil, as glamourized or debated, but the people) have been experiencing and practicing all along, even better than the muslims would ever hope for but dare not admit. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
Hopefully, real Islam will prevail as claims of its ownership rights are being fought between the haves and the 'have-nuts.'
Be sure to read the Epilogue to this post: 'Epilogue: Post-Muslim Islam'
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