It is normal to experience doubt, Prince.
It's not doubt, it's disbelief.
Just don't let that doubt affect how you live your life. Do as He says to do, and that will be the proof enough that you believed.
No, that will only be proof of greed and fear.
At least enough to get into paradise.
That isn't enough to get into paradise. Without belief good deeds are meaningless to Allah.
And We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust. (23:25).
You yourself have said rejecting him earns you eternity in hell. What of the hypocrites who follow Islam but do not believe it? What did Muhammad say about them? Doomed to hell? I think so.
In the Scriptures He says that if you take steps towards Him, He will take steps towards you.
With every step I take towards him he seems more vile.
Go through the motions and give Him the benefit of the doubt... even though you feel the strong sense of doubt...
Like I said, it is not doubt, it's disbelief. Why on earth should I strive for something I don't believe in? There are a million different religions I could follow, why this one, what makes this one special, what makes it right?
and He very well may help you strengthen the belief in your heart.
How kind of him.
Just trust Him and give Him the benfit of the doubt that He IS real and His Word IS true, and let Him do the rest.
Why should I? How can I trust him if I believe he doesn't exist? How can I give him the benefit of the doubt when I have no doubt, I fully believe he isn't real nor is his 'word' true.
Again, no matter how much you try to avoid it, it all comes down to belief, you have to believe he exists, otherwise why on earth would anybody follow Islam? "I testify that there is no god but Allah' that is the first tenet of Islam. I cannot do that. Not out of choice, but because he decided that my life would play out like this, that I would lose belief. And now he's going to punish me forever for it? Give me a break.
It seems simple to you because you were born into a Muslim family, but to someone, say, born to Hindus, why would HE blindly follow if he does not believe in islam, if it doesn't make sense to him, if it doesn't seem like the true religion, if he doesn't believe in Allah, through no choice, through no fault of his own? Just think about it.
Edit: Could you please define blind faith for the purposes of the discussion?
And you could also tell me why God gave me intellect and reason and then decided to test my 'blind faith'?
Edit 2: You still haven't told me when you chose to believe Allah exists.
Topic: Peace, All