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Many religions are.
And even for those that are not, some changes by followers could alter its essential nature into a man made entity.

Every religion has parts that are man-made.
The Islam of today also has parts that are man-made.
But the original Islam given to us by our Holy Prophet ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) and our Imam (عليه السلام) was not man-made.

Many religions are.
And even for those that are not, some changes by followers could alter its essential nature into a man made entity.

My best friend at the moment is Sunni.
And among my best friends in the past, there was one atheist, one Christian, one Hindu, and two Sunnis.
I don't think there is any harm in taking anyone for a friend, as long as you don't allow yourself to be influenced by them.  

My best friend at the moment is Sunni.
And among my best friends in the past, there was one atheist, one Christian, one Hindu, and two Sunnis.
I don't think there is any harm in taking anyone for a friend, as long as you don't allow yourself to be influenced by them.  

My best friend at the moment is Sunni.
And among my best friends in the past, there was one atheist, one Christian, one Hindu, and two Sunnis.
I don't think there is any harm in taking anyone for a friend, as long as you don't allow yourself to be influenced by them.  

One of the biggest problems between Christians and Muslims is God having a son, namely Jesus. There is no possible way God could become human, nor could Jesus be His physical son. I't just that simple. How the doctrine came around was not so simple. It took an average of 300 men something like 7 years of arguing and one murder to come up with the duality of God and Jesus as one, another 300 some years to decide God was a trinity, adding the Spirit.
The closest I see to a trinity is right from the start and does not include Jesus. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth. In verse two it introduces the Spirit of the Lord, and in the 3rd verse God says "Let there be light" and there was light, created before the sun was created. This light is the connection to the beginning and to Jesus. John the Baptist came to bare witness to the light. Jesus was only the vessel of that light. He did say, "I am the light of the world".
Many things Jesus said didn't seem to make sense, reason being the light often spoke through Him, and being a created being from the beginning it would not be wrong to say, "Before Abraham was, I am." That phrase is often used as proof Jesus is God, but go back to the burning bush and you'll see that Jehovah was there, the Angel of the Lord was there, and Elohim was there.
Exodus 3:15 KJV "... Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you..." 
Literal Hebrew text says, Say, The Elohim of Moses, say to the children of Israel, The Jehovah Elohim, father of Elohim, Elohim of Abraham, Elohim of Isaac, and Elohim of Jacob. 
Jehovah, 
Word: DEDI  Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Strong: H3068 Orig: from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069. H1961 H3050 H3069
Use: TWOT-484a Proper Name Grk Strong: G1203 G2316 G2962
Jehovah = "the existing One"
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136
 
Elohim,
Word: MIDL@ Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Strong: H430 Orig: plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. H433
Use: TWOT-93c Noun Masculine Grk Strong: G2304 G2316 G2316 G2962
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) God, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God
As you can see, these are two different beings. Elohim, the first created being, subject and subservient to the one true God, Indwelled the person of Jesus to proclaim the Word of God. 
The Word is the word of God, never changing since the beginning, so in essence, the word of God, is God.

I was aware that a servant by the name of Abdul Karim from Agra in India, did provide some Urdu skills to Queen Victoria.
But I never knew that her great grand daughter would speak Punjabi one day.
Well done. 

I was aware that a servant by the name of Abdul Karim from Agra in India, did provide some Urdu skills to Queen Victoria.
But I never knew that her great grand daughter would speak Punjabi one day.
Well done. 

The UN is one of the most impotent bodies on the planet.
It is just another arm of US imperialism.
The Yemen problem is years old already.
And the UN has been able to do very little so far.
The UN offices should be located somewhere near the Arctic Ocean where the Secretary General has to fish in the cold sea for dinner.
Life in New York or Geneva is much too comfortable to do anything meaningful.
All these  institutions with highly paid staff effectively luxuriating at the expense of weaker nations need to be demolished and replaced by a simple Justice League - a body that seeks to punish the guilty and provide relief to victims.
But how can the UN do that?
All its major stake-holders have a very poor record as far as justice is concerned.  
Everything about the UN is based on the idea that it needs to perform as a sidekick for the US.
Why, for example, are five nations whose record of imperialism, colonialism and aggression cannot be easily removed from the pages of history, permanent members of the UN Security Council?
And why does each of them have a veto?
And why is the UN and all its sister organisations, such as UNICEF, IMF, World Bank, and so many others all housed in Western cities?
Why not in the Congo or Peru or or Fiji or Mongolia?
The entire premise on which the UN was created is merely to give support to wealthy nations, in particular the US.
It is a rotten apple. 

True, but it submits to US excesses (or indifference) far more than it does to weaker nations. The sad story of Yemen is a case in point. 
The UN has been totally ineffective in alleviating the extreme misery in Yemen, largely because Yemen is being punished by a US ally.
 

What has that to do with any of what I said? 
There is no good reason why any of them should be permanent members or have the power to veto, at the expense of hundreds of other nations.

The UN is one of the most impotent bodies on the planet.
It is just another arm of US imperialism.
The Yemen problem is years old already.
And the UN has been able to do very little so far.
The UN offices should be located somewhere near the Arctic Ocean where the Secretary General has to fish in the cold sea for dinner.
Life in New York or Geneva is much too comfortable to do anything meaningful.
All these  institutions with highly paid staff effectively luxuriating at the expense of weaker nations need to be demolished and replaced by a simple Justice League - a body that seeks to punish the guilty and provide relief to victims.
But how can the UN do that?
All its major stake-holders have a very poor record as far as justice is concerned.  
Everything about the UN is based on the idea that it needs to perform as a sidekick for the US.
Why, for example, are five nations whose record of imperialism, colonialism and aggression cannot be easily removed from the pages of history, permanent members of the UN Security Council?
And why does each of them have a veto?
And why is the UN and all its sister organisations, such as UNICEF, IMF, World Bank, and so many others all housed in Western cities?
Why not in the Congo or Peru or or Fiji or Mongolia?
The entire premise on which the UN was created is merely to give support to wealthy nations, in particular the US.
It is a rotten apple. 

The UN is one of the most impotent bodies on the planet.
It is just another arm of US imperialism.
The Yemen problem is years old already.
And the UN has been able to do very little so far.
The UN offices should be located somewhere near the Arctic Ocean where the Secretary General has to fish in the cold sea for dinner.
Life in New York or Geneva is much too comfortable to do anything meaningful.
All these  institutions with highly paid staff effectively luxuriating at the expense of weaker nations need to be demolished and replaced by a simple Justice League - a body that seeks to punish the guilty and provide relief to victims.
But how can the UN do that?
All its major stake-holders have a very poor record as far as justice is concerned.  
Everything about the UN is based on the idea that it needs to perform as a sidekick for the US.
Why, for example, are five nations whose record of imperialism, colonialism and aggression cannot be easily removed from the pages of history, permanent members of the UN Security Council?
And why does each of them have a veto?
And why is the UN and all its sister organisations, such as UNICEF, IMF, World Bank, and so many others all housed in Western cities?
Why not in the Congo or Peru or or Fiji or Mongolia?
The entire premise on which the UN was created is merely to give support to wealthy nations, in particular the US.
It is a rotten apple. 

The UN is one of the most impotent bodies on the planet.
It is just another arm of US imperialism.
The Yemen problem is years old already.
And the UN has been able to do very little so far.
The UN offices should be located somewhere near the Arctic Ocean where the Secretary General has to fish in the cold sea for dinner.
Life in New York or Geneva is much too comfortable to do anything meaningful.
All these  institutions with highly paid staff effectively luxuriating at the expense of weaker nations need to be demolished and replaced by a simple Justice League - a body that seeks to punish the guilty and provide relief to victims.
But how can the UN do that?
All its major stake-holders have a very poor record as far as justice is concerned.  
Everything about the UN is based on the idea that it needs to perform as a sidekick for the US.
Why, for example, are five nations whose record of imperialism, colonialism and aggression cannot be easily removed from the pages of history, permanent members of the UN Security Council?
And why does each of them have a veto?
And why is the UN and all its sister organisations, such as UNICEF, IMF, World Bank, and so many others all housed in Western cities?
Why not in the Congo or Peru or or Fiji or Mongolia?
The entire premise on which the UN was created is merely to give support to wealthy nations, in particular the US.
It is a rotten apple. 

May Allah grant him quick recovery and a long, healthy life, to guide us. 

https://www.shiachat.com/forum/topic/235065213-can-someone-please-share-debate-threads/

I recommend you to read "Then I was guided" 
https://www.al-Islam.org/then-I-was-guided-Muhammad-al-tijani-al-samawi

Brother, we have had some rain and thunderstorms across some of the affected regions.
But as of Sunday, 69 fires were still burning in the state of New South Wales and 15 in Victoria.
The following link gives an even later report.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-Australia-51170994 

yes those numbers are probably true. Just look at the number of Instagram models posting half naked photos of themselves for that gratification and celebrity status. imagine raising a kid just for them to post half naked photos to show to the entire world.
unfortunately we are headed in bad times and it will only get worse until our Imam comes back in sha Allah.

Brother, we have had some rain and thunderstorms across some of the affected regions.
But as of Sunday, 69 fires were still burning in the state of New South Wales and 15 in Victoria.
The following link gives an even later report.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-Australia-51170994 

Being a good mother and good wife is getting rare. Most women here want a career. They want to be independent of men, when they don't need them. 
I don't know where we're headed. I don't remember the details but a poll taken of 16 yr old girls asking what they wanted to be. 60% said they wanted to be celebrities. 

أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ صَلاَحَ أَبِيكَ غَرَّنِي مِنْكَ، وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ تَتَّبِعُ هَدْيَهُ، وَتَسْلُكُ سَبِيلَهُ، فَإِذَا أَنْتَ فِيَما رُقِّيَ إِلَيَّ عَنْكَ لاَتَدَعُ لِهَوَاكَ انْقِيَاداً، وَلاَ تُبْقِي لاِخِرَتِكَ عَتَاداً، تَعْمُرُ دُنْيَاكَ بَخَرَابِ آخِرَتِكَ، وَتَصِلُ عَشِيرَتَكَ بِقَطِيعَةِ دِينِكَ
 
Now, the good behaviour of your father deceived me about you and I thought that you would follow his way and tread in his path. But according to what has reached me about you, you are not giving up following your passions and are not retaining any provision for the next world. You are making this world by ruining your next life, and doing good to your kinsmen by cutting yourself off from religion.

You can read it at any time you like.
Don't forget the 2 rakat prayer that must accompany the Ziarat-e-Ashoora.
May your father get well soon insha Allah. 
Our prayers are for him and for your family. 

بھائی صاحب 
اسّلام و علیکم 
بصد افسوس لکھتا ہوں کہ خدا آپ کی والدہ ماجدہ کو فردوس مین عظیم مقام اہل بیت علیھم اسّلام کے ساے مین عطا  کرے 
نانیہال  کی طرف سے ہمارا وطن بھی شہر لکھنؤ ہے 
Brother  Salams
Please accept my sincerest condolences 
And may Allah give your mother a place in heaven in the protection of the Ahlul Bait (عليه السلام)
And may He give you and other members of the family the courage to bear this great loss
Allah and Maula are with her insha Allah 
And may they also be with you.
Ameen