Person known on the internet and TV as a religious lecturer is part of religious culture or a part of deception culture ?

[Statesman]

Statistically there is a larg number of people in the world; consequently there is a high probability that strangers may share the same or a similar physical appearance despite having no blood relation—such individuals are considered each other's lookalikes.

If a person is a celebrity who frequently appears online or on television, a lookalike can easily locate them due to their fame. The lookalike can easily impersonate the celebrity to the public (by recording and posting videos online), assume the celebrity's identity (by stealing or forging personal documents), and in an extreme scenario even usurp their family and everything else they possess.

Religious culture emphasizes the preservation of one's identity and family, on the other handa culture of deception involves the loss of identity and family, treating these matters as unimportant.

If an individual has been famous and popular in the media for many years, he has violated the religious cultural code by jeopardizing his identity and family; he expose himself to the risk of lookalikes who could inflict various forms of harm upon him.


Can it be considered normal for a person to record religious lectures and post them online, given the possibility that lookalikes could steal their identity?

It may seem normal to someone who lacks awareness—specifically, someone without wisdom or experience regarding the world of fame and popularity.

Religious lectures have been recorded and shared globally for many years, this constitutes a major problem as it does not align with religious cultural norms.

 

[Muhammad]

It is not practical or logical to criticise people based upon a hypothetical scenario that is extremely unlikely to occur. Just because someone might have a similar appearance does not mean they will have the same character, voice, manner of speaking, manner of walking and dressing, level of education and knowledge, familiarity with the same social circle etc. etc. allowing them to deceive the whole world. And if someone tried impersonate someone else, that other person would make the fraud known.

According to your line of reasoning, one’s identity could be stolen just by participating in any public facet of life, whether by attending places of learning or work, so nobody would be able to undertake any public role.

Above all, we should not be making statements about violating religious ‘code’ without clear evidence and knowledge.

There are certainly concerns about the world of fame and popularity, but this issue is not one of them. Are you aware of an example where this has actually occurred?

 

[Statesman]

It is not practical or logical to criticise people based upon a hypothetical scenario that is extremely unlikely to occur. Just because someone might have a similar appearance does not mean they will have the same character, voice, manner of speaking, manner of walking and dressing, level of education and knowledge, familiarity with the same social circle etc. etc. allowing them to deceive the whole world. And if someone tried impersonate someone else, that other person would make the fraud known.

According to your line of reasoning, one’s identity could be stolen just by participating in any public facet of life, whether by attending places of learning or work, so nobody would be able to undertake any public role.

Above all, we should not be making statements about violating religious ‘code’ without clear evidence and knowledge.

There are certainly concerns about the world of fame and popularity, but this issue is not one of them. Are you aware of an example where this has actually occurred?

If one person sells another person a kilo of apples for 100 dollars, then that person has cheated another person, because a kilo of apples is only worth about 2 dollars.


If one person sells gold bars and gold and silver jewelry to other people for large amounts of money, then that person has cheated other people because gold and silver have lost their value a long time ago,

Why ?

because as paper money is used today for trading, long time ago gold and silver coins were used, and only for this reason is a goldsmith, gold, silver and gold and silver jewelry was valuable.

And that's why jewelry, gold and silver, and jewelry made of gold and silver are a fraud in today's time.

 

[Muhammad]

What determines the value of a kilo of apples or the value of gold and silver? In the case of precious metals like gold and silver, a number of factors make them valuable like their rarity, durability, practical uses and beauty. Inflation and economic crises also affect their prices. This is why they are still worth a lot of money even in the presence of paper money. Have you seen people wearing jewellery made of paper money?

 

[Statesman]

What determines the value of a kilo of apples or the value of gold and silver? In the case of precious metals like gold and silver, a number of factors make them valuable like their rarity, durability, practical uses and beauty. Inflation and economic crises also affect their prices. This is why they are still worth a lot of money even in the presence of paper money. Have you seen people wearing jewellery made of paper money?

The longer a person has been a public figure and the more famous they are, the easier it is for a lookalike to imitate their character, voice, manner of speaking, gait and style of dress, level of education and knowledge, familiarity with the same social circle, and so on.

Consequently, it becomes easier for their lookalikes to steal their identity and family—something that religion opposes.

There is a problem in the world that does not stem from religious culture: individuals recording religious lectures and substituting themselves with lookalikes.

 

[Muhammad]

Can you provide an example of where this has happened? A lookalike can imitate a doctor. Does that mean there should be no doctors in the world?

 

[Statesman]

Can you provide an example of where this has happened? A lookalike can imitate a doctor. Does that mean there should be no doctors in the world?

America has been advertising gold for years as valuable and precious, maybe it's not intentional, but it's wrong. Likewise, Saudi Arabia increases the fame around gold by calculating zakat based on the value of gold, perhaps not intentionally, but it is wrong.

 

[Muhammad]

That is not true because gold has been valued universally throughout history. Cultures such as ancient Egypt, China and India all valued gold.