what makes you so sure?

To me, it is really about the early days of Islam and how from a completely hopeless situation, it thrived and completely transformed what was once a savage place (Arabia).  The fact that it started with one man, a merchant who could not even read or write, is powerful evidence of divine intervention.  Think about it.  How could an illiterate Arab merchant become a cunning general, a diplomat, a preacher and the region's most powerful person, especially given the fact that when he first started his mission, he was opposed by the powerful ruling elite of Arabia.  The whole peninsula was against him.  He only had a handful of followers, many of whom were being slaughtered.  Yet somehow, they manage to find a safe haven, and from there, they create a powerful city-state which challenges the might of pagan Arabia and eventually defeats it.  Is all this coincidence?  Consider that when the pagans attacked Medina, besieging it for over a month, there entire army is suddenly wrecked by a sandstorm.  More coincidence?  You may argue that these types of miracles have happened throughout history (especially in battles), but the question to ask is have they happened in such high frequencies, to the same people multiple times?  If it happens once, you can probably get away with dismissing it as a coincidence; even if it happens twice.  But three times?  Four times?  Five times?  Now, it's just getting ridiculous.  That is what happened in the early history of Islam.  Every time it seemed to be over, that the pagans would succeed in destroying Islam, it seemed to find a way out.  That is evidence of God, and the divine origin of Islam.

jr87 wrote: Over the last several months I have read a lot of atheist books, that just seem to make way more sense to me than religion... than again, im not entirely sure religion is always supposed to make 100% sense right? which is why they call it faith... anyhow- I would like to hear from other Muslims why they are so sure of their religion- I understand that the world is a beautiful and mysterious place and as humans we are so small and with so little knowledge of where we come from- so we automatically say, " o there must be something that created us, therefore it is god..etc." what Makes you sure that their is a god. what makes you sure that Islam is the correct religion over others. It is one thing to believe in god, it is a completely different thing to commit yourself to one religion. there are so many religions, obviously only one is right or all of them are wrong- so what stands out/appeals you to Islam.

jr87 wrote: Over the last several months I have read a lot of atheist books, that just seem to make way more sense to me than religion... than again, im not entirely sure religion is always supposed to make 100% sense right? which is why they call it faith... anyhow- I would like to hear from other Muslims why they are so sure of their religion- I understand that the world is a beautiful and mysterious place and as humans we are so small and with so little knowledge of where we come from- so we automatically say, " o there must be something that created us, therefore it is god..etc." what Makes you sure that their is a god. what makes you sure that Islam is the correct religion over others. It is one thing to believe in god, it is a completely different thing to commit yourself to one religion. there are so many religions, obviously only one is right or all of them are wrong- so what stands out/appeals you to Islam.