I wonder, too. I'm tempted to say she is looking for a group that will do all the work for her: tell her what to do, what to believe, how to live, etc., but I don't know her or her situation well enough to draw that conclusion. The fact that she rejects all offered suggestions in favor of one which she still seems unclear about suggests that she does have an internal compass that can point her in the right direction. She just has to learn to listen to it, and rely on it at least as much as any external source. Besides, you don't need a church community to avoid alcohol, cover your head, and live by "traditional" gender roles. If it's that important, just do it.I'm specifically wondering what she's looking for. A non-drinking, head-covered, strong gender-role church? I keep thinking Amish. But she apparently still wants to "live among the world" despite her claims of wanting to be covered and sheltered by a community of Muslims.
There are things just as off-putting in the Bible. The difference is that most Christians have learned not to interpret it all so literally.Have you ever actually read the Quran? Everything the Islamophobes say about it is true.
Have you ever actually read the Quran? Everything the Islamophobes say about it is true.
And I would think there was no instructional value to that photo, which I'm embarrassed to even entertain that defense. It was a photo of nudity insulting a religion. And which the religion it was made about is highly against that sort of thing.
"Calling all Muslims" is a very common statement used by Muslims online to call out to other Muslims.
Agreed. There's many disconcerting clues when I consider the current OP behaviour.
And the OP spelling of Koran (or Quran) as "Curan" is just an attempt to play dumb about Islam.
Or the way s/he spells "Al Queada" instead of Al Qaeda (or Al Qaida). Every critical word seems to be deliberately misspelt.
Or the way s/he blindly defends Dubai or Iraqi societies (and ackowledge s/he may have lived there), or the intrinsic moral superiority of the Arab way of life. This kind of specifically targeted chauvinism is very curious, especially from someone who pretends to be a lutheran from deep Missouri.
I can state from experience that this happens in Christianity as well. I guarantee you there are tons and tons of Christians who would not go to a Muslim's funeral but would go to their sickbed to preach the gospel to them. There are awful people of every religion and of no religion. There are some particular brands of awful that Islam has over Christianity (at least in the present day) but this isn't one of them.
That's not what it's saying.
There is no rule in Christianity about whose funeral you can attend or for what reason you are allowed to visit a sick neighbor.
What am I missing? That site looks like ask.com for Muslims. Try writing to Focus on the Family and ask the same thing in reverse, and see what they say- and they'll give you biblical backup for it, too.
Oh, I see. It's a fatwa. Aren't those of variable importance depending on the kind of Islam being practiced?
And the OP spelling of Koran (or Quran) as "Curan" is just an attempt to play dumb about Islam.
Or the way s/he spells "Al Queada" instead of Al Qaeda (or Al Qaida). Every critical word seems to be deliberately misspelt, not to focus attention I presume.
Or the way s/he blindly defends Dubai or Iraqi societies (and ackowledge s/he may have lived there), or the intrinsic moral superiority of the Arab way of life. This kind of specifically targeted chauvinism and nationalism is very curious, especially from someone who pretends to be a lutheran from deep Missouri.
"Calling all Muslims" is a very common statement used by Muslims online to call out to other Muslims.
No and she can't be responsible for other people's faith, either, that goes against Free Will.
I mean I'm sure she can read about Pharisees in the Bible, people who congratulate themselves on street corners with dogma who don't feel any conviction or contrition in their hearts.
It's funny to me though that an INFJ would idealize this kind of conformity in appearance. Maybe it's the "idealization" part that's so very NF, because her need for strict appearances almost sounds like Si to me.
I don't understand the obsession with appearances. I think maybe it's a disgust with the modern world, but if she still wants to live in the world (and not go live away with the Amish in a more 1900 style for example) ... I don't know.
I feel disgust with the modern world sometimes, but it's more so with corporatism and destruction of nature than accusing religious people of not being religious enough.