Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!m2c!wpi.WPI.EDU!zahle.wpi.edu!shari
From: moorthy@hctdemo.leis.bellcore.com (Velu Sembugamoorthy)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: some questions...
Message-ID: <1991May22.121307.2906@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 22 May 91 12:13:07 GMT
Sender: news@wpi.WPI.EDU (News)
Reply-To: moorthy@hctdemo.leis.bellcore.com (Velu Sembugamoorthy)
Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ
Lines: 44
Approved: shari@zahle.wpi.edu
Originator: shari@zahle.wpi.edu
Nntp-Posting-Host: zahle.wpi.edu


	I have some more questions. Ignore these questions if they hurt you 
even slightly. Please do not take this as a question from a Hindu. I do not 
belong  to any religion including HINDU and yet NOT an athiest. I am curious 
to know about God from any religion. With that little background let me ask 
the following questions.

	Suppose somebody commits a lot of sins and Allah doest not forgive 
him/her.  That person is doomed forever  and sent to hell? Does Quron say so 
directly?  (Incidently thanks for the references on Islam. I am going to buy 
them and read). 

	One of the persons who was kind enough to reply to my earlier posting
said that Allah created Muslims. I read from earlier postings that Muslim is 
one who believes in Allah and accepts Mohammed as his only prophet. If that 
is so:
	   
		A child just born to Muslim parents has no knowledge, as far 
		as I know, of the prophet. So naturally the child does neither
		believe nor
		disbelieve in the prophet. Is the child a muslim?  Does the 
		child 
		become a Muslim only after he/she learns  Quron?
	
		If Allah has created Muslims and Allah is the only one who 
		creates, then who created non-muslims?  
	
		Is there an entity called Satan according to Islam?
		If so, who created her/him? Is Satan a person? 

		Who created the ancestors of Muslims who preceded the prophet?
		Clearly they did not know the prophet? Or did they?	

		Is the above definition of Muslim directly written in Quron?

	Perhaps many asked you these silly questions. I would appreciate if 
you could answer me once again to satisfy this curious guy. I would appreciate
if you could answer using what has been written in Quron. As I said before, I 
am a curious guy who wants to know about God from any religion. Thanks.

/moorthy
	
	Disclaimer: everything said above is my personal ideas and is not 
associated with the company for which I work in any way.