I suspect that for Muslims who are truly moral and good--that is, Muslims who feel connected with, or tuned in to Allah (the highest power,) there is no need for them to fear evil.
Just declare evil to be a personal struggle and an affront to god, then name the evil, then declare a holy war. No Fear!
The idea of being connected to, or "TUNED" to a higher power, is always subjective.
The same is true for Christians and Jews, who feel connected to God (the highest good, or love). As Psalm 23 puts it: "Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me ..."
For The Christians, it was the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition. "Take no prisoners!"
To this we can add the Greek idea of god, as expressed in the Greek, Theos--the highest kind of scientific knowledge, truth and wisdom).
Or an interpretation of a word as one might apply it to someone ideally fitted to make a point in ones favor....
I like to think of all three--power (energy, action), knowledge (wisdom, truth,. science) and non-romantic love--working as one.
I'm sure all those who have personally dedicated their actions to God, have made the same conclusion no matter what act was committed in God's name and glory.
To this is I apply the symbol, GÕD--and I do not mean an entity with dimensions.
No the dimensions are attached to the personal definitions
of what this non dimensional entity-less GÕD represents
What about them. They are all around us.. Damn them!!!!!
What about atheists and agnostics who are basically good-living people--ones who live moral, ethical and loving lives of service to humanity without reference to a deity?
Well.... they don't look to seek attention for themselves, if they are in service to humanity, and they might not create acronyms for the word God, or slap a tilde on a letter or word just to give it a personal or special meaning. Probably because all that symbolism is just personal fluff.
Buddhism is a philosophy of religion with a similar non-theistic approach. One can be a Buddhist without naming gods, or a god.
Philosophy of Religion....
Oh Boy!.. That's rich.
Jesus--who, BTW, was not a Christian, but actually a Jew out to reform his own faith
Jesus was not a Jew
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/jesusjew.htmReform his FAITH?! That's an interesting idea. Faith being personal, a man sets out to reform his beliefs (in this case) in his own unity with God!
IMO, Jesus consistently advocated orthopraxy (the doing of good)--actually keeping the Golden Rule--not just orthodoxy (the holding of correct beliefs and the doing of correct rituals).
Good, being something beyond the subjective in Belief OR Humble
Opinion?
