Re: What is Free Will


<dara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> SHOW ME DON'T TELL ME:
1. SHOW me faith DONT TELL me about faith
2. SHOW me the meaning of life DONT TELL me about life

Comment:-
On this internet site?

If you want to be shown you must go to someone who demonstrates it.
If you want to to know then you you must ask and go to a place where they
tell you.

But you learn by practice.

If you cannot learn when you are told, you will probably not learn when
shown

> The problem with contemporary Muslim conversations, writings, arts and
so on, specially from middle east is the perpetual: TELLING PEOPLE
INSTRUCTIONS. This is the relics of colonized past when the
British/French/Germans/Russians... used to INSTRUCT us on how to carry
out/on their will, their education and culture.

Comment:-
It is always easy to blame others, especially "contemporary muslims" for
one's failures.
This is a substitute for doing anything - that is, of course difficult..
If all muslims have this attitude then we get "contemporary muslims".

But of course one could always look at and learn from those Muslims who
still understand and practice their religion - there are still many even if
only 1%
of Muslims.
However, it is much more comforting to place attention on
imaginary "contemporary muslims".

Hamid S. Aziz

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