#6 Sgt D.T., I think you might need to clarify your terms. Most agnostics neither confirm nor deny the existence of the Almighty. All of the self-proclaimed agnostics I've met actually confirm a higher being but don't believe in a real formal way to worship that being - which actually makes them more like Deists. They are usually not out looking for an organized religion to bring meaning to their life. Hate to disagree w/you but most of the folks I know are irreligious or agnostic - they don't buy into any organized religion. I, for one am not religious, spiritual in my own way, but not a part of any organized religion anymore. Me, and folks like me have a pretty strong distate for islam, to say the least.
Now, if what you're really talking about is those "lost" folks trying to find themselves (i.e. college age kids or new age groupies) w/no spiritual convictions what so ever or those that keep looking for some institution to tell them how to live their lives then I'd concede to you that they may find islam appealing. However, for the rest of us Deists or old school Unitarians (not to be confused w/the Universalist nut jobs) if we had some heartburns w/parts of the bible we are certainly not going to leave cultural western christianity (i.e. the golden rule, 10 commandments, & love thy neighbor) and make the leap to the insanity of the koran and its surahs. |