A question for Muslims who feel they need to conform to perceived expectations

[diwana]

Re: A question for Muslims who feel they need to conform to perceived expectations

@Deeba1234

If you have a home with a mortgage or car on finance or a wallet full of credit cards you’re really not in any place to be lecturing me or other Muslims on our own personal choices.. Those who live in glass houses and all that..

And Diwani obviously having a Xmas tree is not hurting/harming people like torture.. Only someone delusional would compare the two.. the same goes for taking drugs..

No one is lecturing you. So relax. Do whatever you feel like. But ready to and accept the criticism.

You completely missed the point.
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No idea why you missed when I said enjoyment or joyful feeling by itself has no standard to make an act good or bad.**

Your whole argument was based on enjoyment and hence the answer followed basing on your false perception that any act which is enjoyed by people must be good and be accepted.

Please allow me to repeat:

**No. “Enjoyment in any act” has never been considered acceptable or standard by itself to judge those actions are right or wrong.
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@el_topo

Diwana,
To you it might not be, but for me the multi-cultural* (I mean it as a generic descriptive, not a buzzword) is relevant. I do not live in a vacuum.

Most days I make Thoreau look a social butterfly, but I do have some friends. If they want to feed me on their day of celebration, I am not going to say no. If I gift them a trinket as gratitude it does not blur the boundaries of whatever religious sentiment I may have. Nor does it blur theirs when they reciprocate at my celebrations. The only thing I am conforming to is human interaction. Now, if I began recreating entire manger scenes on the front lawn every year, just to appease the whiteys, then I might start to worry.

Also, your original post is indeed loaded with bias. An example, the underlining of ‘Slave mentality’.

*Multiple cultures bring multiple religions, multiple religions bring multiple customs.

Cultural activities are different than religious (or anti-religious) activities.

Please keep things clean and straightforward and not mix these two separate entities.

No matter how much you try to convince me, my position will remain that people should be intelligent and smart enough to be able to differentiate between these two completely separate acts.

yes, people do mix religious celebrations with cultural acts, but at least have some sense to know what is religious and what is simply cultural.

P.S. More post(s) on their way when I get to them:

Sorry: I do not like to respond to several posts at the same time since the message then get lost in oblivion and the length of one post.