Sunday, July 22, 2007
[[ Why do we want peace? Because we love God. ]]
You can't change the world because it's not the world anyway ---
--- it's the people in it, for every change starts with an individual, and living together is a way to share the good things about ourselves.
Okay personally, I believe it's important to respect other religions so long as they don't interfere, obstruct, or damage ones own beliefs and right for freedom of religion. I respect wisdom and knowledge and wouldn't mind learning what philosophies, and ideas different religions have to say.
With religion, there's no real way to know what is right and what is wrong. The person who decides what is right or wrong is the perciever of the religion and the one who sees what is good, or bad or what they like that fits them. I think every individual should have the right to believe in their own religions just as long as they don't interfere with the laws.
One can respect religions by not being offensive, argumentative, and being open to other possibilities and beliefs. Another way is to show interest and inquire. Most religious followers are more than glad to share their religions with someone who is asking about them.
I sincerely believe in order to receive respect, you must give respect. If I expect others to respect my religion, I must in turn respect theirs. By not respecting other religions, it shows close-mindedness.
To "genuinely" respect something, anything, I believe there must a good understanding of it first. If a person is close-minded and does not wish to understand, they can't have respect for it.
Given one's own faith in one religion, I believe one can "respect" others' religions. As long as they are open-minded and receiving of the principles and ways of that religion....(although, I do believe people respect the person with that religion, more than the religion itself)...That person's faith should keep the person in their own religion, while trying to understand another's.
By not believing in a religion, it does not mean you cannot respect it, just like with people, if I don't agree with someone, it doesn't necessarily follow that I don't respect them as a person.
Bottom line -
it's not thinking what is ME against YOU.
But it's to think beyond that ----
It's HUMANITY.
Now this blog is NOT the WHOLE story of my life. I don't share ALL my problems here, henceforth, YOU do not know the problems I've gone through and/or currently going through. Lastly, I respect you in what you believe in and I thank you for visiting this blog. *smiles*
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May Allah guide us in Truth..Ameen.
[[ 0 voice(s) heard]]
| 10:59 PM |
This is not the end.
This is not even the beginning of the end.
It is, instead, the end of the beginning..
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