format_quote Originally Posted by
August
But do you believe that God commands people to do things for no reason? I don't think that God arbitrarily hands down moral laws. I think those laws are given for good reason.
Howdy August,
One of the fundamental principles is that God does not make something halal, unless there is pure good or that the good overides any bad in it.
So of course I believe that there is good in everything single thing that Almighty God has prescribed for us.
At the same time, I do not think that the wisdom or the good behind everything is given to us, for example, the physical benefits on the body for fasting a month, i.e. the month of ramadan, was not known at the time of the Prophet, so they would not be able to say 'scientifically this fasting is good for our body' but this being a wisdom behind it was there at that time but they did not know of it, similarly, there are some things which I believe have good behind them but we do not know of them, maybe in the future we will maybe not.
I hope that's clear.
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MeMama
Peace Al-Habeshi,
I know this question wasn't directed to me, but I can weigh in with my thoughts and feelings on the subject (if that's OK).
I think people fall in love with more than just something like what religion another person is. Personality, humor, mannerisms all play a huge role in love. Also, two people of differing faiths can hold to the same core values even if their beliefs differ.
When my husband and I met, I was a practicing pagan (I have since seen the error in that belief, though). He was, and still is, an agnostic. We fell in love regardless of our differing beliefs because our core values were the same, and because of our personalities, mannerisms, and senses of humor were also very similar.
So, just because someone is of a different faith does not mean they can't love each other very deeply and have profound respect for each other. Love goes much deeper, and is more complex, than that.
Peace to you. I hope that helped you understand. :statisfie
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and I am glad you did,
And I could not agree more!
The gentleness, charitable, forgiving, simple, attractive side of someone might not dissapear or appear just because someone says I believe in God, my whole family is non muslim and of course I care for my mum, she gave everything up for me, left alot of her own life behind to raise me up, and many other things, but at the same time, no matter how much someone loves a person, I think that loving the One who gave you that person is more important and the love for Him takes presindence, just like if my mum buys me a games console, I really wil love that games console but I love my mum more because she gave me it, in a way I think thats the same, I love my mum but my love for my creator is more thus when my creator wants something and my mum wants another I will please the one I love more.
Hope that sheds light on my thinking.
Eesa.