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7/23/2008 1:26 PM
simplelife, 30
Morocco

beautiful page , have a good day sweety

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6/26/2008 8:46 PM
sezer, 34
Doha
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Pilgrimage to Islam By Michael David Shapiro
6/26/2008 10:29 AM
zack, 28
St. Croix
Virgin Islands (U.S.)

I am ethnically a Russian Jew. My quest began when I was 19 years old. I was recovering from my stint with Scientology (yes I was brainwashed into it). My belief in God was uncertain. My goals in life were to be a rock star. I was living in my Pasadena apartment and working as a secretary. Funny, I know. One night I was walking to the kitchen, and encountered a dark fellow. I remembered asking him: "Can I keep this vodka in the fridge tonight?" We shook hands and went to sleep. After that point, my life changed drastically...

This dark fellow, a Muslim, was the first Muslim I had ever met. Extremely curious, I conversed with him about his faith. What's this stuff I hear about praying 5 times a day? And about Holy War? Who is this Mohammed guy? Our talks were accompanied by our Christian roommate, Wade. Together, we created "The Jewish, Christian, and Muslim dialogue sessions". In it, we discovered many differences, and many commonalities. My interest had then shifted from sex, drugs, and parties, to a massive search for the truth. A search that I had to complete. A search for God. And a search for how to follow him.

In my quest for the truth, I asked myself: "Ok let's start simple, how many God's do I think are out there?" I figured only one; knowing that a divided God is weaker than One God; figuring that if one God didn't agree with the other, there might be arguments and feuds. One God was my choice.

Once I opened up mind to the possibility of existence God, I analyzed both atheist and theist beliefs. The thing that directed me to the latter was the quote "Every design has a designer". With that in mind, eventually I woke up with certainty that God exists. I can't explain why, I just felt it somehow. This newfound excitement was accompanied by a sense of responsibility to follow the Creator. The world of religion was my next frontier. Then I asked myself, "Where do I start?" There are literally thousands of them. I need a way to narrow them down to a just a few. How do I accomplish such a task? "Find the ones that are monotheistic" entered my mind. "Hey that makes sense, since I believe in only One God."

Ok, then. This ruled out Buddhism and Hinduism, both being polytheistic faiths. The major religions I encountered that fell under the title of Monotheistic, where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Well since I'm a Jew, I started with Judaism. One God, some prophets, 10 commandments, Torah, Jewish souls...uh, what: "Jewish souls?" While doing research this idea was brought to my attention. The story goes, "if a person is born Jewish, then they have a Jewish soul, and they must follow Judaism." Hold on a sec...that's discrimination, isn't it? That's not universal. So God makes Jewish souls, and Christian souls, and Muslim souls, and Hindu souls? I thought all men are created equal? So because one is born into a religion that means by the decree of God he must remain in it...even if the person believes it to be false? Hmm...I don't agree with that. Another thing really bothered me...there is no strict concept of hell in Judaism...then why be good? Why not sin? If I don't have fear of strict punishment, then why should I be moral? Moving on, I discovered Christianity. Ok, one God, a father, a son, and a holy ghost...one more time: one God, a father, a son, and a holy ghost. Uhhh, please explain. How can all those things be one God? 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 right? So how can you say you believe in only one God?
Explanation after explanation, equation after equation, comparison after comparison, analogy after analogy, I couldn't grasp this concept. Ok let's keep looking here. Ok, next major doctrine: Jesus died for our sins and he did this because we all are polluted with "Original Sin". So, Jesus Christ, the "son of God", had to be murdered to save everyone from Hell and cure us of our sin "given" to us by Adam. Ok then, so are you saying that we are all born as sinners? And to sin is to do something wrong right? Then you're telling me that a one-year old baby is guilty of sin or doing something wrong? Ok that's strange, so based on the actions of one man, all of mankind must suffer? What's the moral of that story? Punish the whole group if one deviates? Why would God create such a rule? That's just not in agreement with my logic. So Jesus died because he "loves mankind". Hold on, it says in the Bible that Jesus said "father, why have you forsaken me?" So, apparently, Jesus didn't understand why he was being brutally murdered. But you just said he "volunteered" to be sacrificed. Anyway, I couldn't accept this belief. Ok, what's the next religion?

Islam. Islam means submission. The main beliefs are as follows: One God, worship God five times a day, give 2.5% annual charity, fast during Ramadan (to be closer to God and appreciate life...among other reasons) and finally journey to Mecca for Hajj if you are able financially. Ok, nothing hard to understand so far. There's nothing that conflicts with my logic here. The Qur'an is a book with all of these interesting miracles and timeless wisdom. Many scientific facts only discovered recently where proclaimed 1400 years ago in this book. Ok, Islam had passed my initial religious prerequisites. But I wanted to ask some deep questions about it. Is this religion universal? Yes, anyone can understand these basic beliefs...no analogy or equation are needed. Does it agree with science? Yes, dozens of verses in the Qur'an agree with modern science and technology.
As I sifted through the countless logical facts that I read through and researched, one thing took my attention the most. "Islam". The name of this religion. I noticed it is written many times in this Qur'an. However, recalling my prior studies, I didn't remember once seeing the word "Judaism" in the Old Testament or "Christianity" in the New Testament. This was BIG. Why couldn't I find the very name of the religions in those two books? Because, there is no name in these books! Thinking...I noticed that "Judaism" could be broken down to "Juda- ism" and "Christianity" could be respectively "Christ-ianity".

So who is Juda? Or Judah, rather. He was the tribe leader of the Hebrews when God revealed his message to mankind. So this religion was named after...a person. Ok let's look at who Christ is. He was the person who delivered the message of God to the Jews. So this religion was named after...a person. So in recollection, we can deduct that the names of these religions are people's proper names attached to "ism" and "ianity". Regardless of that fact, the very names of those religions are not mentioned in their scriptures. I thought that was very odd. If I went door to door selling a product, and I said "Would you like to buy this _______"? Wouldn't the logical question be: "What is this _____ called?" I would make no money off of a product without a name. Naming is the very basis which humans identify with objects, both physical and non-physical. If religion is supposed to be practiced and spread to every person on earth, shouldn't there be a NAME for it? Moreover, shouldn't the name be given to us from God Almighty? YES, my point exactly. The names "Christianity" and "Judaism" were not written in the Holy Scriptures. Humans named them, not God.

The notion that God would ordain a religion for mankind to follow with out a name is impossible for my mind to accept. At that point, both Christianity and Judaism lost their credibility as pure, logical, and complete religions, at least from my perspective. Islam is the ONLY of these religions to include the NAME of the religion in its scriptures. This is so huge for me. I realized I would follow Islam at that point. I then became a Muslim. I knew the truth. I was out of the darkness. I came into the light...
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hi
4/23/2008 1:02 PM
ali, 31
Baghdad
Iraq

helloooo Alesya
have a nice day and nice to meet u in zorpia
u r so beautiful girl
i like to be your friend
if u want chat me plz add my addresses
lovely_heart772003@yahoo.com
my_green_heart77@hotmail.com
kisses

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Good morning, Alesya!
4/23/2008 10:35 AM
m'hamed, 35
agadir
Morocco

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thanx for add me
4/19/2008 10:32 AM
m'hamed, 35
agadir
Morocco

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hello
4/15/2008 9:10 PM
mehmet, 25
Rome
Italy

hı there how are u? i lıve in rome..ı am an ındustrıal engıneer..
ı wanna be frıend wıth u...u look so cute .. ı have a cam u can see me on msn..
add me plz my msn ıs eagle_blue232@hotmail.com
...what s your msn id ?
see u thanks...

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Re: hello
4/17/2008 9:22 PM
Alesya, 31
Minsk
Belarus

hello. i`m ok, thanks. Nice to meet you. Don`t have canm. But you can add me to your msn messenger if you want to talk sometimes: lexy77@tut.by. But have to tell you I`m not so often online nowadays:(. Anyways, hope you`ll catch me online someday.

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hi
4/14/2008 10:38 PM
sam, 27
Barcelona
Spain


Hi Beauiful. Hw r u..? If u dnt mind, wanna friends with u..? Gud luck. Sam

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Re: hi
4/17/2008 9:13 PM
Alesya, 31
Minsk
Belarus

hello:). You are welcome to become friends.
Alesya.

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4/17/2008 11:11 PM
sam, 27
Barcelona
Spain

HI BEAUTIFUL ALESYA. GD MORN. HW R U.? THNX UR REPLY & UR FRIENDSHIP ALSO. I M HAPPY T HEAR FROM U. PLS U WRITE ME SOME THING MORE ABT URS. IN WAITING. SAM

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4/21/2008 10:20 PM
Alesya, 31
Minsk
Belarus

Hello Sam. How are you there? Thanks for not forgetting me. Sorry, I`m not so often online nowadays. But you can write me to me email: lexy77@tut.by or add me to your MSN (if you use this messenger), or another email: lexik77@yahoo.co.uk (yahoo id). Will be glad to get any notice from you soon.
Have a nice time.
Alesya.

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4/21/2008 10:30 PM
sam, 27
Barcelona
Spain

sameer_gill75@yahoo.co.uk

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4/21/2008 10:28 PM
sam, 27
Barcelona
Spain

HI DEAR ALESYA. GD EVE. HW R U.? I REMEMBER U. THNX 4 UR ID & EMAIL. I WILL BE NOTED NOW. PLS WRITE ME SOME THING MORE ABT URS. WHT R U DOING, R U SINGLE, U LIVE ALONE, ABT UR HOBBIES N WHAT EVER U WANT U WILL WRITE ME. IF POSSIBLE U SEND ME UR ANOTHER PICS PLS. U LOOKS VERY SWEET, SOFT & NICE. I M WAITNG U HERE 4 REPLY. MY E-MAIL: SAMEER_GILL75@YAHOO.CO.UK
SAM

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hi
4/3/2008 8:30 PM
realbous, 39
Algeria

hi beautiful

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PRIVET
4/1/2008 5:34 PM
Muwaffag, 44
Amman
Jordan

Как вы, я из Иордании, учился в Минске c1982 по 1988, и я жил в зеленой луr, Belrossia очень любите, может общаться со мной по электронной почте minsk882001@yahoo.com
наилучшие пожелания

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