jimmy:
If I walked up to a muslim and said, “repent of your ways or burn in Hell”
smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_2_111v.gifI probably wouldn’t be giving a good view of Christianity.
My comment is only to the “repent of your ways”, in regard to Muslims, suggesting that they have evil ways. Yes, Islam is a heresy in the Christian sense of the word because we do not believe that Jesus is God. However, when looking at “ways” as you mentioned, comparing a *religious *Christian to a *somewhat religious *Muslim show a drastically different life in most cases. A somewhat religious Muslim man lowers his gaze when he sees a woman out of humbleness. He fasts a month out of a year, and then from time to time the rest of the year. He never says a word of disrespect or dishonor to his parents, not even saying “no” to them. He leaves the room or a table if anyone in his presence has alcohol. He leaves the room when anyone is backbiting against another person, or he stops in completely. He avoids relationships with women and only touches his wife, even avoiding shaking hands with other women for complete purity. Even if he is not married, he doesn’t date, but will find a wife through word of mouth about her morals. He prays formal prayers five times a day, and informal prayers at various times in the day. He doesn’t wear shorts or sleeveless shirts in modesty. He says “In the name of God, the most Gracious, the Most Merciful” before doing any action…I can go on and on about the things that a
moderately religious educated Muslim does. A very religious Christian usually thinks this is extreme. A very religious Muslim goes far beyond that and works on memorizing the Qur’an everyday word for word in its original language. I have memorized several chapters in Arabic, but I don’t have enough discipline to do it everday. I gave up Music completely because there is alot of evil in it and Muslims are not supposed to indulge in it. I wear a scarf and wear loose clothing for modesty and purity and protection. Some of my friends don’t have a TV in their house because it is a way for so much evil to get into their house, but my husband and I have not been strong enough to get rid of it yet. Maybe by the time my daughter is older we will.
My very religious Catholic brother who has great faith had a 30,000 gambling debt before he went bankcrupt, has drank tons of alcohol over the years with his friends at get-togethers, and has had sexual activity outside of marraige. I saw this all the time in colleg too among the so called religious Christians. I know this is not Catholicism, it is only the faults of the individuals, so I am not bashing the religion,…just commenting on your comment about the “ways” of Muslims
Emily
