New Religion

Tags: Islam, Barack Obama, Chocolate Jesus, Religion, Sharia

Religions are being forced into new shapes as we move through modern times. The other day an Episcopal Bishop announced he was converting to Catholicism. Something to do with the admission of gay ministers to his former faith. I found this in the pages of a Catholic Church bulletin: (regarding Good Friday as a day of fasting and abstinence) "Though the diocese preserves these traditions, it is not intended that they be interpreted as laws binding under pain of sin, but as customs from which we will not hold ourselves as lightly excused."

More blasphemous art courtesy Michelle Malkin. From Sharique: I firmly believe that in this present day world shariah laws cannot be enforced on people because Muslim society in general has diverted away from religion. Concepts which invite death punishment in Islam are now acceptable in many cultures, like live in relationships and extra marital affairs. Westernisation has deeply affected Muslims of all culture alike for reasons which I am not going to delve into here. You cannot amend mistakes by imposing strict laws now. This is actually a way to avoid the complexities involved in bringing the society back to religion.

The current situation requires the Muslim countries to rethink their strategies. I am not asking for a total change in laws so as to make in west compatible but a gradual implementation of shariah so that the inhabitants don’t feel the pinch. Muslims who settled in the western world can be a role model for us. There were certain things in Islam which were pushed to a level where it left a thin line between Islamic laws and western laws. Concepts like women empowerment, freedom of expression and entertainment had to be rethought of by Muslims in western countries to accommodate western way of life. Its not that these concepts were alien to Islam but just that Muslims seems to have paid no heed towards them in the Arab world. Islam was constantly under scrutiny and thus it became imperative for the Muslims to shun these voices of dissent arising from within by adjusting and pushing laws to extreme. It became a must for Islam to exist in the modern day world.

Source: Indian Muslims on the shariah, law, state and culture.

BELIEF is a powerful concept. Some people are now saying "that's enough." They're actually getting annoyed that a Colonie NY family is receiving additional blessings in the aftermath of their being chosen for an ABC Extreme Home Makeover. $6000 for groceries from Hannaford. Scholarships for the kids... but what critics fail to see is that this is the manifestation of years of belief by the homeowner, who told the Albany Times Union she posessed talisman she kept with her which she continued to trust would bring good fortune long after everyone else had lost hope. Call it "belief" or "thought form" or whatever, when the dam finally broke, the blessings poured forth, and this is as it should be.