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Essay / Essay on Not Believing - 971
The best type of believer is one who makes their own choices about belief and is willing to fight for their right to do so. The definition of a believer is "a person who believes that a specified thing is effective, appropriate, or desirable" or "someone who has faith in something or someone." Faith can be classified in three different ways. The first is legitimate faith. Legitimate faith is when someone believes what is true. There is also illegitimate faith, which is when someone believes in what is not the truth. And third, there is feigned faith which consists of pretending to believe in something but without actually believing in it. Faith is arguably something a person either has or does not have. It's not a choice. Buddha said: “Do not believe in anything just because you have heard it. Don't believe in anything just because many people talk about it and rumor it. Do not believe in anything just because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything just on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been passed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that something is in accordance with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of all, then accept it and live up to it. Now that the believer has been defined, the next question is: what is essentially the opposite, or a non-believer? An unbeliever is said to be someone who has no religious beliefs or does not follow a particular religion. This is the definition from a religious perspective, but it is also easily applicable to other aspects of life. This can refer to not following any sort of belief. There are seven kinds of unbelievers. The first is the atheist. The athei...... middle of paper ....... Those who believe in Jidad bil Saif (Jidad by the sword) are those who aim to defend and expand the Islamic state through war holy and attacks. Muslim terrorists use the controversial chapter 9, verse 5, or "verse of the sword" of the Quran, to justify their intentions. It is said: “Fight and kill the pagans wherever you find them, seize them, besiege them and lie in wait for them in all stratagems (of war). " Muhammad said in the Hadith: "The person who participates in (sacred fights) for the cause of Allah and nothing obliges him to do so except belief in Allah and His Messenger, will be rewarded by Allah either by a reward, or loot (if he survives). or will be admitted to Paradise (if he is killed). When he started preaching Islam in Mecca, Allah told him to fight the People of the Book (Christians and Jews) because they do not accept the truth (Islam).).