"Seek and ye shall find", interesting, where did you cite that from? I have always personally said, "You seek you find". I am not only trying to defend the Quran (I did because I understand it well), but as you just implied that when attempting to understand anything, the context and intention of it must also be understood.
My hat's off to you. There aren't many people in the world today who are able to realize a mistake. I'm not sure if it's your personality or your experience in MA, but your apparent lack of an ego is impressive and something I can learn from as well.
This is true, VERY true, and in fact, the Prophet Muhaofftopicd, peace be unto him, predicted that there would come a time where Muslims would be Muslim by name but not by faith. However, we believe the prophet Muhaofftopicd was the human-form of complete perfection, and was thus the example laid out for every Muslim. The intention wasn't to ever achieve his status of perfection, but to put oneself through the struggle of attempting perfection their entire life.
It's not how brave you are or if you stand up against someone bigger than you, it's about how hard you have to dig deep inside yourself to do it. My sensei taught me this.
I also would like to point out for the public here that there really isn't any nation or governing body in the world today that practices or preaches true Islam. Saudi, for example, is probably the biggest villain in the world. I have no sympathy for their government or any respect whatsoever. They are responsible for a lot of wrong impressions of Muslims and are the primary source of corruption within the Muslim faith in the modern world. True Islam is hard to find, but it can be found. It would typically be amongst those individual people in the masjid that keep a low profile, the one sitting in the corner quietly reading the Quran to him/herself, and usually the person who lives like a poor man/woman because he/she donates too generously to those in more need. Before you say anything, yes, I know several people like that and I'm blessed to know them.
Islam has helped me tremendously in MA's in the past and still does. The inner peace and respect for the planet, the air, the trees and animals, strangers, and even toward those I may not like (okay that's a bit harder but I try), it shares a very deep connection with many Chinese/Japanese/Korean MA's.