Yeah, that was interesting — actually, it reminds me quite a lot of Averroism (which basically taught that the human self has two parts, one individual and mortal and one shared among all intelligent beings and eternal, and which was the main way through which we learned about Aristotelian thought from you guys).
Can there have been some influence between Averroism and Sufism, in either direction?
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.I'm what I like to call a "pramatic" Muslim.
pragmatic?
Read my stories!There are certain elements of Islam that ultimately don't hold well today, like with homosexuality.
Yes, but how do you know moderns are in the right?
“Love is the eternal law whereby the universe was created and is ruled.” — St. BernardEvery religion is like that, no big. They were written for the times, after all.
edited 18th Jun '11 8:23:31 AM by MrAHR
Read my stories!I think that followers of all religions should put importance not only on studying their holy texts, but studying the society and context in which those texts were written. Taking everything at face value can potentially be a very bad thing.
Yep, the whole hijab burkha thing is a prime example.
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And yes context is very important. The so called verse of the sword is pretty much about beating up a specific group of idolater aggressors. Yet people have taken it and ran with it...Which happens ALOT in Abrahamic faiths...
Kinda wonder if this happens with other religions as well.
edited 18th Jun '11 2:04:38 PM by Justice4243
Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.Agreed. Quoting 9:1-6 will give a whole new context for that verse.
edited 22nd Jun '11 12:46:09 AM by Blurring
If a chicken crosses the road and nobody else is around to see it, does the road move beneath the chicken instead?I'm muslim! Religiously... inactive... but nonetheless a muslim!
Inhopeless: I'm a casual muslim myself. A personal annoyance of mine is how people always seem to depict muslims in a positive light by...giving them uber muslim traits. It's like playing a gay guy completely and stereotypically flamboyant, but because he's a good guy, it's OK!
Blearch. I ramble.
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So jeans and a hijab?
I saw a few girls like that at university.
“Love is the eternal law whereby the universe was created and is ruled.” — St. BernardNot even a hijab. That's just it. Not even the majority of my turkish relatives wear hijabs.
When it comes to appearances, I make an effort not to draw on myself, or get piercings, but my sister was allowed to get her ears pierced, the same way most christians of the modern day are allowed to show their ankles and do stuff on sundays.
edited 22nd Jun '11 4:28:08 PM by MrAHR
Read my stories!@AHR: I have seen your photos, you know.
“Love is the eternal law whereby the universe was created and is ruled.” — St. BernardI know. I don't know what people assume. Do you recall pictures of my blue bandanna? When seeing that, some people assumed I wore it due to being muslim. :|
Read my stories!Pffft. Maybe if you were a Muslim pirate.
“Love is the eternal law whereby the universe was created and is ruled.” — St. BernardAHR being a Muslim? I'm happily surprised at that. There should be seriously more of us on the fora.
Yeah. I'm casually muslim, but then again, most people around where I live are usually casually religious.
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Read my stories!Just dropping in to say hello.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.Do you Muslims really bow to...where was that direction...seven times a day or is that just an myth/exaggration?
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Interesting, especially the part about realizing that there is no individual self. That seems to be a bit of a theme I'm running into, though I've mostly just encountered it in Buddhism.