It may surprise some people, but... I'm a Muslim. And if you meet me in RL, you'll see that I wear hijab (NOT niqab). I came from a pretty colorful background though, grew up in diversity and learning many teachings, be it within Islam and outside of it. Finished Quran at 5 y.o., finished Old Testament, Tripitaka, and Bhagawadgita two years later. In the city where I grew up (I've moved to a larger city since became independent -and yes, I can be independent, live by myself, have a job, etc), there lives many kinds of Muslims, Christians, Buddhist, Hindu, Confucianist...well, that's all that I personally know. No conflicts happen in daily life; we work with each other, study with each other, be neighborly, and so on. Things are basically great, except when extremism and or politics come into play, using religions for propaganda and twisting it for their own interest. From my experience, each individual can interpret their religion differently. Even within Islam, there are traditionalist, moderate, hard-liner, etc. Within Christians and Buddhists too. Among those in the same group as well, each person can do things differently. Let's take my big family as an example. As a whole, we are probably moderate. Me, my mom, and sisters wear hijab. I did it 'simply', my mother did it 'large'. And no, I didn't receive pressures to wear it (in junior high, I felt alienated because I'm the only one wearing it out of almost a thousand students in the public school, so I asked my parents, what if I want to take off my hijab? They said, read these books, consider it well, if you are sure, then just do that). Some of my aunts and cousins wear hijab, some others don't. Some wear it everyday, some only in religious events, some not at all. Some are cool with wearing denim trousers, some don't. Some are cool with mini skirt, some don't. Some avoid liquor at all, some fine with it. Some always look for halal foods, some don't particularly care. And we are all living harmoniously. There are family conflicts of course, but never stemmed from individual religion/belief. ....and it annoys the hell out of me when people who know nothing about us questioned our personal decision; why you wear hijab? Why you don't wear hijab? Why you wear trousers? Don't you think it's silly wearing complete clothes in the beach? Well, honey, should I ask you why you don't eat breakfast? Why you eat cereals and not nasi goreng? Why you prefer oranges than apples? Let's live and let live. We are all different, and that's what makes the world interesting to live in. As long as personal choices don't encroach the rights of others, all's fine. If it does, then the ones that should be punished are the individual perpertrators, NOT a whole group of people who will choose differently if given similar circumstances. And that's all I'm going to say in this topic. I share this because some people may be interested in the cultural aspects within religious group, but I'm not going to respond to any comments; though I'll probably give likes here and there ^^
Yes, they are egypyians, turks, polnish, british and so on...well we are born in this country we live in but our parents are immigrants (I myself am asian) We are quite a bunch of different people XD
I am an agnostic but I prefer to keep it to myself since people bash and judge you especially if you live in a religious country or household.
Hmmm... I believe in love ? Love others like you love yourself.. And karma as you reap what you sow.. And I believe that there will come a time when everyone can smile together without worry~~
Anyone here in a relationship with someone of another religion/belief as yourself? Especially believer and atheist rel.? Just curious.... How it goes for you guys...
i have different religion relationship before and broke up after 3 years not because of religion matter but because she cheated.
Usually, if they do believe in different divinities/have a different religion and do religious stuff, then, misunderstandings and conflicts will appear. Usually, religion demand exclusivity of belief.
LoL.. it's not an issue i think. We rarely discuss religious matter and she’s pretty open minded. Don't know about now though since i don't keep in touch with her anymore.
Some people have ways to get around it. Like a prior agreement that if the child is a boy, then he will follow the dad's; but if it's a girl, then she will follow the mother's. Alternatively, there are also couples who decide to teach their kids both of their beliefs and let the kids decide it by themselves whenever they're ready to. Well, things are not so simple if one lives in a country where civil registration demands people to declare their religion though...still, anyone can say I'm of xyz religion and never actually abide by the religion...