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A muslim wants to get baptized!

Mom: A muslim friend of mine wants to get baptized. She seeked me and your father for an advice. He told her that from a Christian point of view, if you want to follow Jesus, you don’t care about anything else, but then again, his personal advice for her is to think carefully so that she won’t lose all what she cares for in life.

Observer: shekelha enjannat! (she must have gone insane!). A sane person wouldn’t leave a religion for another one!

Mom: NO! She is very sane! Jesus has been appearing to her for a while!

Observer: hai akeed enjannat ezan! (She most definitaly lost her mind then!).

Hallucintaions anyone??

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  1. kinzi Avatar
    kinzi

    Observer, this is not insanity and it is not a rare occurance. It happens fairly regularly; in every denomination here in Jordan there are small groups of people like her. Jesus appears in a dream or vision often, usually in brilliant robes. Sometimes holding out his hands, sometimes saying “Follow Me”. Sometimes people pursue it, sometimes not.Your father spoke well and wisely. I will pray for her.

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  2. 3awwadkhalaf Avatar
    3awwadkhalaf

    To me she just moved from darkness to dusk! Poor she!

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  3. 3awwadkhalaf Avatar
    3awwadkhalaf

    Kinzi, I invite you to enjoy Islam too. My mother saw prophet mohammad and he said the same word “follow me!”

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  4. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    do not underestimate the power of dreams

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  5. kinzi Avatar
    kinzi

    3awwad, thanks for the honor of the invitation. 🙂

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  6. Rami Abdelrahman Avatar
    Rami Abdelrahman

    I dreamed of Gollum and he said Follow me, precciiiousss..However, if someone wants to get baptized, he/she should have every right to…

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  7. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Swapping one silly superstition for another… who cares?

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  8. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    I also dreamt of an alien that told me to follow him, and I became a Scientology follower 🙂Kidding aside, some common sense would help here.

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  9. Nizar Avatar
    Nizar

    HAHAHA 😀didn’t expect the ending 😛

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  10. a different perspective Avatar
    a different perspective

    lol, she’s definitely going insane!I guess some things have to be believed to be seen. Hence, Jesus is not stopping by my house anytime soon.

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  11. Devil's Mind Avatar
    Devil's Mind

    Yes, I agree with you… If someone has the courage to question the reality of his religion, they would not change their religion with something that is equally guilty of not making sense.But as the story above describes, that friend was not in pursuit of a truth, he was in pursuit of a dream… As we all know, religions are not created based on nothing. They were created by humans to serve a specific need among certain people. Now different religions address a different ranges of needs.Maybe that friend knows about Christianity, and that image appeals to him more than his current religion. This is understandable.If we are to remember the alcohol analogy, some people prefer whiskey, others vodka, others beer. Everyone choses the halusagen that fits them.

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  12. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    @ramididn’t mean to plagiarize. Noticed your comment after I posted mine 🙂@devil’s mindI think I need to find a hallucinogen of my own 🙂

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  13. Moey Avatar
    Moey

    hahaha! I love mothers! well, I’ll discuss this with you later.

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  14. Nas Avatar
    Nas

    i’ve heard people with the same experience: seeing jesus, mohammad, moses, angels, etc…motion to them in a dream.if you ask me…too much tv

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  15. Think Deep .. .. Avatar
    Think Deep .. ..

    Observer ,I think that She just want to get free from constraint her realign put her in.. Such as she do not have to wear 7ajab, she want to drink alcohol , such things…

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  16. darkboy Avatar
    darkboy

    wow don’t be a fool @@!!!you will lose in here (this life)and the final (heaven for muslims)ENSHALLAH .. 😀

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  17. The Enchanted Fairy Avatar
    The Enchanted Fairy

    From a spiritual point of view i say : Let her follow the path she feels its gonna lead her wherever she wants to go or achive her aims in life…ya3ni if the whole world stands on one foot * letterly lol * she wouldnt change her mind unless she has the experience !

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  18. Kal Avatar
    Kal

    Fadi, i missed your ass, not literally but I did miss visiting your blog!

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  19. Don Cox Avatar
    Don Cox

    One advantage of Christianity is that it is easier to leave than Islam.

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  20. Tama Avatar
    Tama

    fadi, who said that a person who leaves his religion to another is insane???i believe a person is free to choose the religion he believes in.eventually god will judge that person if he has done the right or wrong thing.meaning that u can’t say wether that person is sane or insane..

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