What is a religion?
I am sure that a religious person must be honest with himself and the people surrounding him, and the surroundings. He must not find any justification for violence and killings. And, he must be a vegetarian.
(Ps, I do not follow any of above.)
I do not know for what reason these words were not appreciated by the bosses and a previous complete thread was deleted.
religion
Assalaamualeikum,
well Religion comes from a latin word Religio, which means to bind together.
I don't know if we should be vegitarian, however, in Islam we do see an encouragment to eat less meat. I would rather say we should become semi vegitarian.
Considering Islam, we all say Islam is peace and forbids violence.
we see the life of the Prophet Muhammad(sallallaahulaihiwasallam) whom I like to call "an Ocean of peace". Even in the midst of great difficulty and hardship, he was an ocean of peace.
Allah knows best
wassalaam
Imran
Anand
If you do not follow any of the above.
THEN WHY ASK?
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What is a religion?
I am sure that a religious person must be honest with himself and the people surrounding him, and the surroundings. He must not find any justification for violence and killings. And, he must be a vegetarian.
(Ps, I do not follow any of above.)
I do not know for what reason these words were not appreciated by the bosses and a previous complete thread was deleted.
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now religen is politicised islam is more arab natioanlism or identity shia is persian
hindu indian think about it. how many time people think of indonesia
or bangaldesh when we say islam?
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And, he must be a vegetarian.
(Ps, I do not follow any of above.)
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Who said religious person has to be vegetarian ?
eating in islam
Assalamualeikum.
actually, we must never forget that Islam is a way of life, and not just a religion. Islam must permeate in all aspects of our lives.
Allah knows best
Wassalaam
Imran
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What is a religion?
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A belief in a superhuman controlling power or powers.
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I am sure that a religious person must be honest with himself and the people surrounding him, and the surroundings. He must not find any justification for violence and killings. And, he must be a vegetarian.
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If a person's religion wants him to then he must. It all depends on the religion he is following.
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A belief in a superhuman controlling power or powers.
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"Human"? I don't know why I feel a little uneasy with that. Perhaps "being" might be a better word.
Lets come up with a better definition of Religion.
Yes or No?
A heartfelt belief in God.
A feeling of utter amazement.
A longing to be with God.
A prayer to unite.
Because God is testing us.
Because God wants us to realize that we are all his children.
Not just Muslim. Not just Jew. Not just Christian.
He wants us to know that we are his kids.
Part about being a vegeterian is healthy!
but I doubt God worries over that.
Do ya think?
What do you think is the most important commandment?
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now religen is politicised islam is more arab natioanlism or identity shia is persian hindu indian think about it. how many time people think of indonesia or bangaldesh when we say islam?
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Something wrong with you or people you sit with. This is first time I am hearing this, to associate "Islam" with "Arab nationalism". Whenever I listen, read words "Islam" or "Islamic countries" all those countries come into my mind where Muslims are in majority.
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Something wrong with you or people you sit with. This is first time I am hearing this, to associate "Islam" with "Arab nationalism". Whenever I listen, read words "Islam" or "Islamic countries" all those countries come into my mind where Muslims are in majority.
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i am not specific about any religen but people mix religen and nationalism. use religen as a political weapon.
Every one, Hindu, Muslim etc says that his particular religion is a path of life. Personally I am not interested in any purchase, whatever furnished marketing they follow.
Or it seems that religion is something a kind of political party. Am I wrong?
For any counter question, Hindu, Muslims or any, say Christian……starts giving explanations.
Does God really depend on your explanations?
It is nice to see that no one has any objection that a religious person must be honest with himself and with the people surrounding him. (I do not say that he must be honest.)
I do not understand a religious non-vegetarian.
How is it possible that you believe in God and kill his creation for fun and lust?
That is another thing that I do not follow any of the above, I accept this fact, it seems that at least I am honest with myself.
And what is a religion, we will talk!
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I do not understand a religious non-vegetarian.
How is it possible that you believe in God and kill his creation for fun and lust?
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If you have permission from God, then why not? And who does it for "lust"? Its just the diet, food.
religion is a belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. -- Voltaire
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"Human"? I don't know why I feel a little uneasy with that. Perhaps "being" might be a better word.
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SUPERHUMAN..., not Human. Some religions do consider a Human or Humans to be God. They say that these Humans they follow were higher than normal humans. They might find "BEING" a little offending. SO "Being" would not be as precise as SUPERHUMAN. It suits the one who considers God to be an entity(SUPERHUMAN ENTITY) as well as the one who considers God to be a Human(SUPERHUMAN).
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Every one, Hindu, Muslim etc says that his particular religion is a path of life. Personally I am not interested in any purchase, whatever furnished marketing they follow. Or it seems that religion is something a kind of political party. Am I wrong?
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A religion will seem like a political party because that is how it is presented. To understand what a religion is, a person must himself study it and see what it says rather than believing people who make it look like a political party.
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For any counter question, Hindu, Muslims or any, say Christian……starts giving explanations.
Does God really depend on your explanations?
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A follower of any religion will give explanations for his own actions not for the religion or for God. If a person follows his religion properly then he doesn't need to give explanations(If he does, then there is some problem with his religion). e.g. A Muslim will give explanations to justify his own actions not to justify Islam, or a Chritian will give explanations to justify the action of a Christian not of Christianity etc. God doesn't depend on explanations but humans do.
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I do not understand a religious non-vegetarian.
How is it possible that you believe in God and kill his creation for fun and lust?
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There is no problem for a person to be a non-vegetarian as long as his religion allows him to be one. Fulfilling hunger is not fun or lust. Now, you might say that hunger can also be fulfilled by being a vegetarian. Yes it can, but not everywhere. There are some places(like Antartica) where vegetables cannot grow. So if a person doesn't eat non-vegetarian food at those places, then he will not have anything to eat at all. So some religions allow its followers to be a non-vegetarian. Beisdes, a person kills God's creation BECAUSE he believes in God. If a person's God has allowed him to kill His creation for food then why should he be a vegetarian. There is no question of disbelieving God when a person does something his God allows him to do.
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That is another thing that I do not follow any of the above, I accept this fact, it seems that at least I am honest with myself.
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Its good to ask about something you don't follow. Who knows, you just might start following it after someone explains it to you.
It becomes a problem when we talk of religion and God, because some people start behaving as if they are directly told by God to do this and not to do that.
We have to reject any teacher or followings that declare any authority over God.
This is not a religion.
One cannot be a vegetarian somewhere at Antarctica, Anxiom is master of good examples and explanations.
I am not an authority but what a Muslim will do in Ramzan days at the places where days are very-very long, without nights, I am talking of extreme north, will he go without food all this period, or will migrate to see night dark hrs to have food.
Off course, our topic is different.
But, I do not know why our friends are again attracting us towards Islam.
I do not understand a religion that allows meat eating. It seems that animals have no feelings of pain for such religions, though these religions propagate a total mercifulness nature.
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It becomes a problem when we talk of religion and God, because some people start behaving as if they are directly told by God to do this and not to do that.
We have to reject any teacher or followings that declare any authority over God.
This is not a religion.
One cannot be a vegetarian somewhere at Antarctica, Anxiom is master of good examples and explanations.
I am not an authority but what a Muslim will do in Ramzan days at the places where days are very-very long, without nights, I am talking of extreme north, will he go without food all this period, or will migrate to see night dark hrs to have food.
Off course, our topic is different.
But, I do not know why our friends are again attracting us towards Islam.
I do not understand a religion that allows meat eating. It seems that animals have no feelings of pain for such religions, though these religions propagate a total mercifulness nature.
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anand some aniimals are vegetarians like cows it was designed that way by nature or god same way tigers are desingned to capture and eat
other animals. meat eating has notheting to to do with religen.
even in mythology ramanyana ram uesed to hunt for deers.
hindus used to sacrifice horses in ashvameda yaha.