Are there any religions or cults that you just do not understand? With in reason.

[huaxiong90]

sabby_e17 said:

huaxiong90 said:

Now as far as religions/cults that I don't understand: I can't say I understand the non-Sunni sects of Islam. 

I tend to figure that Sunnis themselves don't fully understand what Sunnism is. Most Sunnis I know and have spoken to merely follow orders from their scholars or the "Ulema" and consider it correct and they lash out against other sects (Shias, Ahmadis, Ibadis, Sufis - this one isn't even a sect) considering them kaafirs (disbelievers).

Sad but true. This is the problem with Muslims today. They don't educate themselves, they just listen blindly to their clerics, and pray for the sake of it, thinking that's enough. Note, however, that is mainly applies to people who were born in Muslim families.

But my criticism of the other sects and the Sufi practice stems from both interaction with people of other sects and offshoots, as well as personal studying of my own.

Now that's not to say I'm completely against the other sects, or that I judge people based on the sect they follow...I learned a long time ago that a true friend is a true friend, regardless of what religion he/she follows.