Alhamdulillah. I used to be an atheist. I was brought to Islam through extremist ideas as a teenager; I was violent and angry. My father was murdered and I hated the society I lived in and the religion forced on me. I am blessed to be a father myself now. Through my journey in Islam I now love all and appreciate all religions, even Christianity. I seek peace and wish to influence all to have a good life. I channel my anger through martial arts and meditation. I have balanced my warrior spirit with that of a scholar and a lover of all mankind. I think forgiveness is so important in this life.. Submit yourself to the most high and forgive all those who have wronged you.. forgive yourself.. In the end all shall fall where is just and fair. God bless.,(reply>), @Marcos Perez-Long so why are you reducing the complexity and beauty of life, the universe and everything to old guy in the sky did it.,(reply>), @Yarp Yarp  You misunderstand my statement. Be careful to dehumanize, brother. That's what allows the majority of genocide and murder to happen in this world. I say "even Christianity" in reference to my statement before that; as Christianity was forced on me as a child which caused me to reject it. I  disliked it in my teen years. Once I came to Islam after practicing Buddhism I was able to accept the Abrahamic religions and no longer reject Christianity or despise it as I once did. That's all I'm saying. I don't hold any religion above another. I try to study all of the learned sages and philosophers of this life, religious affiliation or culture or language does not matter. Truth is universal. Blessings and peace upon you.,(reply>), @Marcos Perez-Long "even Christianity". You say it like Christianity is something disgusting . Dog,(reply>), @sukatz  reductionism is the lowest(and most pitiful) level of intellectualism and scholarship. Just as Omar says God is unknowable, unimaginable, ineffable and beyond the comprehension of the mortal mind. When you experience death and birth of loved ones over and over, when you have spent a lot of time around children and around tragedy; when you have spent many days in nature with no phone or distractions, when you have grown your own food, when you have been so deeply in love, when you have felt the deepest pains.. you see all of these things are connected by one common factor. Although you cannot put your finger on it, see it or even comprehend it, you can feel and know within yourself all this life is connected.. as it is said in the Book of the 24 Philosophers "God is an infinite sphere, the center of which is everywhere, the circumference nowhere.” <br><br>I hope you are able to one day see beyond materialism and reductionism and set out on a Quest to Quest(ion) what transcends throughout the various spheres of reality. Jah bless,(reply>), @Our Dying Sun  I submit to only 1 thing in this life, and that is God, allahuakbar. Just because you have not accessed it does not mean it doesn't exist. Human history will teach you a lot about war and the nature of man.. I am a cage fighter. If you do not believe in the warrior spirit, come see me, brother. I will show you what it is about. It will take several weeks, but i know all able bodied men are capable of experiencing this.