New & Eager to Understand More

[Ummu Sufyaan]

Thanks Ramlah for your reply, as the title implies, I came here with the hope to understand more, thanks for giving me a chance to see the mentalities of both worlds.

im glad to be of help. do not hesitate to ask any further questions...

Greetings and peace be with you Troy;

You are right when you say it is the guy who has the problem and not the girl.
However if the guy with the problem decides to take any action it is the girl who will suffer.

The guy with the problem will walk away, there are far too many temptations in this world. Much of scriptures tell us how to deal with temptations, and how they can end up harming us.

agreed...

further replies to come, Inshallah (god willing) when i have the time :-[

 

[Ummu Sufyaan]

But as far as I can see, problems arise if we take it literally instead of metaphorically. That is when all the rules are set upon the followers and problems arise.

I disagree; problems arise when texts aren’t understood/implemented as meant to be, whether the intent was metaphorically or otherwise.
Also, could you give an example of a “problem,” as you have mentioned?

What I oppose is, when the authority take a certain part from the scriptures and start to condemn and even give forth death sentence, eg, did you notice the two young homosexual guys were hanged in Iran a few years ago? Well, the scriptures as you say can be open for interpretation, in Bible you can almost take various parts out and see the contradictions, my stand is, who are we to judge? Let God do the judgment, I don't care who the authority is, they are just human like you and me, they can interpret the way as they like, they want to live that way is their freedom, but to judge others and dictate the fates or even take the lives of others according to their interpretation is just way too much.

I don’t exactly understand what you mean by being judgmental. I’m not sure if your statement is regarding the Bible :? and if it isn’t, then can u expand on what you mean by being judgmental? I mean if God legislates the laws, then ultimately He is the one judging, we are just “executers” of His command, no?

As you can see, there are quite a lot of differences, minor or major, just give you one example, when you mentioned "lower the gaze", some other cultures may consider it as disrespect to the person, they prefer you to look straight into their eyes when you talk to them, which means you pay attention to them and take them seriously.

I understand that, I do. However, when push comes to shove, then you have to do what you have to do, and in this case, that’s to keep your gaze lowered. i mean its your faith first...

One thing about scriptures, take Gospels as an example since you are Christian, can be more about the work of human rather than the work of God

So, are we reading the words of man or the words of God?

Are you also referring here to the Islamic scriptures?