............. as long as a person believes that there is no God but Allah, & Prophet Muhammad is His last & final messenger, then he or she is a Muslim.............
There is this nice Punjabi fellow I know from Lahore called "Bunty". He truly believes and bears witness that "there is no God but Allah, and Prophet Muhammad is His last & final messenger".
It appears that he had a dream some years ago that Allah had descended to earth and presented himself in the form of his grandmother's cat.
I have seen him doing sajda before the cat.
I reminded him that worshipping (sajda) something other than Allah was un-Islamic. He responded by saying that he was indeed worshipping Allah, since he believed that Allah had appeared before him in the form of his grandmother's cat.
I asked him how it was possible that the cat could actually be Allah in physical form. He replied that "all things are possible with Allah, all things are easy for Allah". I really did not know what to say, so I just smiled at him and let the matter drop.
I have seen him praying facing the cat's litter-box as Baitullah. I have witnessed him making dua to the cat. He seems terrified that he might upset the cat. He fears that the cat might throw him into the hell-fire.
Nonetheless, I can definitely confirm that he truly believes and regularly bears witness that "there is no God but Allah, and Prophet Muhammad is His last & final messenger".
Therefore,
Bunty is a Muslim.
The Ahmadis, however, are not. Because there is some questionable ambiguity in their theological position regarding the "last & final" part.
......As I said earlier, religious discussion is forbidden on this forum........
This is not a religious discussion. It is a philosophical one.
This is not about whether God exists or not.
This is not about whether Religion is true or not.
This is about the processes we use when we go about
forming opinions.
......Anyway, stop wasting my time, our discussion is over...........
You could easily conserve your precious time by
not responding to my posts.
I never realized the two of us were having a special discussion. I thought I was justing posting on a forum for all members to discuss. If I had known that this was a one-on-one discussion, I would have contacted you directly in private.