After waking up day after day to the beautiful mountains...

After waking up day after day to the beautiful mountains, prairies and expanses of Colorado, I began to question the concept of God again. How could there be so much beauty and order in the world and God not intimately reveal Himself to mankind? I began to recall the religious experience Id had over the past 10-15 years. I looked at Christianity and said No. I still couldnt accept the Jesus theology. I looked at Judaism. Again, No.

I couldnt live with the Jewish customs and belief in a chosen people. Finally, I began to look at Islam. My impression of Islam was a combination of several things. It consisted of the one class I took in university, my one visit to the mosque in Columbia, SC, and then the media (Ive now…