Muhammed Ali is Dead

Muhammed Ali, perhaps the greatest boxer is no more. Whether you are the greatest boxer or an amateur boxer, you are going to die, and so am I. Great boxer, small boxer, death equalises all. Death is truly a great leveller of all players. Sad as it may be when dead occurs to our beloved ones, it is an event that we all must face. No one can bluff death.  

Ali became a Muslim at one point of his life. His daughter says that he did try to convert people to Islam when situation allowed him.  This is not surprising because Islam is a monotheistic religion, like Judaism and Christianity. A monotheistic religion will teach that there is only one God, and all other gods are not worthy of worship. And therefore a monotheistic religion will invite all other people to come to worship this one true living God. When Ali tried to share about Islam, he did what he thought was the right thing to do.

Now the question is: Is this the one being called the true living God truly the true living God? How does one come to know of this truth?

Islam relies on the testimony of prophet Muhammed that the Allah as the Quran underscores is that true living God. If this testimony is untrue, then the whole belief will collapse. Christianity has a different take on the matter. Christianity relies on the testimony of the disciples of Jesus Christ. Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter and others. So Islam relies on one testimony and Christianity relies on the testimonies of more number of people. The testimonies of the disciples say that they saw Jesus being raised from the dead. And being raised from the dead, Jesus is the Lord of all; Jesus is the one true God who deserves our worship.

Well, given that the testimonies are based on the account of so many people, I would say that Christianity is more reliable than Islam.

All of us will die eventually. If there is life beyond this world, how important it is to listen to the reliable testimonies and make decisions wisely. Even if one believes that there is no life beyond this life, it is wise to listen to the testimonies of those who say that there is more than this life here on this earth. After all, if there is indeed more than this life, and one has not taken due effort to listen to the testimonies and so one has missed out this fact of life, then it is indeed a great loss. The testimonies of the disciples of Jesus are to me very convincing. Now one may say such testimonies are generally nonsense. Well, just try... just read the testimonies of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.