[Blind-international-students] Life and Religion

[David Andrews]

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At 02:05 PM 5/30/2016, Mostafa via Blind-international-students wrote:
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>This is a continuum of what I commenced. As we can observe, religion 
>is collectively abandoned in the west due to numerously contravened 
>beliefs and philosophical concepts. This is a recognisable 
>phenomenon. People in the west are heavily uncertain about what to 
>determine in faith. Religious beliefs are unestablished in the west. 
>This is why you see lots of people attempting to abandon and embrace 
>various religions simultaneously. I noticed lots of people who 
>alternate religions, not knowing what to infinitely embrace. 
>Religion in the west is temporal and experimental. The west does not 
>like what we are satisfied with. Their thirst for genuine faith has 
>not yet been quenched. Of course, they will argue to attempt proving 
>otherwise but, their argument is based on indecisiveness. This is 
>why we see lots of moral corruption in the west. Yes, the west 
>adheres basic principles of morality but, it does not get any 
>conservation in their family disassociation, illicit and irregular 
>relationships and, the formal commendation of same gender marriage 
>last year in the States proves exactly what I am talking about. They 
>may stick to certain beliefs to improve their secular life such as 
>work environment and so on. They may not lie, not because lieing is 
>a sinful act but, because it comes against their interest. On other 
>occasions, they may attempt to justify lieing or deceit because it 
>actually concurs with their interest. I do not say that either 
>Judaism or Christianity justify these iniquitous acts but, the west 
>does not regard religion as it should be regarded. I do not 
>necessarily consider that right or wrong, I am just reporting facts. 
>We may not agree with many things in the west and, our disagreement 
>with some western customs is essentially based on religion. Western 
>Christians may approve alcohol consumption, eating pork or not 
>kosher meat, they may possibly get engaged in wedlock and so on. 
>What I personally perceive, that the west restructured the use of 
>religious principles, so what it served their secular life, they 
>embraced and, what gets someone close to piety, they abandoned and 
>actually, substituted It with what satisfies their temporal 
>pursuits. That is the major crisis in the west and to be quite fair, 
>even here. Lots of Muslims are abandoning faith for  almost the same 
>reasons of faith abandon in the west. People are tempted with lots 
>of confusion and disarray. Even those who may not abandon faith 
>entirely, are not practicing properly. There is actually an ordeal 
>of religious adherence. The west though, determined to impose 
>expulsion of religious impact. Thus far, we ought to decease our 
>indolence  and seek knowledge. It is plainly discernable that our 
>recognition of religion is quite different from what it is in the 
>western world. Our recognition is essentially based on introspection 
>and repudiating cynicism. Our role is to keep clarifying what 
>religion is for us to those who predominantly inhabit the western 
>world. Religion is not highly revered in this culture and thence, 
>they may not conveniently apprehend why religion is so sacred for 
>us. This is why they did not fathom in Denmark for instance, why we 
>were so offended with the unhallowing caricature. This is a decisive 
>proof that the west in general does not recognize religion as 
>sanctified as we do. Church is really a place for socialisation more 
>than it is a place of worship. People do not stand in rows praying 
>as we do in the Masjid. They just sit down and listen attentively to 
>the pastor and then, they either sing or just leave. This is 
>absolutely serious. Ramadan approaches and that may keep me a bit 
>occupied more than usual but, I will inshallah make sure to render 
>my posts on regular basis. I wish you all blessing and I keenly look 
>forward to hearing from you. Mostafa currently resides in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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