Peace4all said:
Oh My God!!! SO THATS WHAT CAUSES BABYS!!!!! :thud:
JUST KIDDING
Haha, glad we could be of assistance in your education...
Muslim believe that all Abrahamic religions were sent by Allah; but over the past Centuries some religions have altered. It seems that when Allah makes rules he makes them for your own good. Such as pray 5 times a day because if not your less likely to remember him throughout the day, wait until marriage because it's possible you will get some sort of STD or unwanted pregnancies that can easily ruin your life.
Isn't it interesting that all religions have some sort of rule that limits sex to within marriage? Oh, I know there are some that believe that has to do with property rights and if we're not oppressing women and thinking of them as property any more we don't need those rules anymore.
If you think it's old-fashioned, hey, look at the difference in poverty rates for children in the past 30 years in this country. Maybe there was a point to those nasty rules after all?
Thats a major reason why Muslims are not supposed to have boy/girl friends. As a matter of fact in Muslim countries opposite gender is completely separated under culture. Some people in school ask me if I cant have a girl friend because Islam is a gay religion! Thats a pretty dumb question:slap:
Wow, that is an incredibly dumb question!
I don't know that it's necessary to seperate people by gender, but I do think there's something to be said for the concept of modesty. I remember a conference of religions we had a Emory years ago, when the local imam said that Islam believes in prevention. And that's very true -- if you put modesty into practice in daily life, it's so much less likely that people would end up having kids they can't support, basing relationships on infatuation alone, and the other negative things that come from doing things in life in the wrong order.
I think a lot of religions make that mistake; they allow people to have boy friends and girl friends but when they get to sex there like NO NO NO you cant do that!! So Islam has all these defenses to decrease the chance of Adultery or fortification happening.
I haven't been much of a fan of the American notion of dating. Anyone can seem nice for a 2-hour movie and one hour over dinner. And the pressure on people is really more severe that you'd think. How much better if people just get to know each other through other means...going out on group events, doing volunteer work, being in the school band...whatever works.
Our Baha'i youth who've tried both methods of getting to know people of the opposite sex have invariably said they prefer the methods that aren't one-on-one dating. You can relax, be yourself, and there's no fear of rejection. And you get a really good chance to know people better in circumstances like this.
I can wait because personally I think sex is a little over rated. But then again I am only 14
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As someone who's been married for over 20 years, and didn't get married until 26, let me warn you -- there is nothing stronger than a human drive for sex. Never, ever underestimate it.
Small wonder all religions have put limits on sex. It's a very powerful thing, with a lot of power to hurt as well.
Sex isn't overrated when you really love the person you're married to. But it does have it's place in life, and that place is not everywhere, anytime, with just anyone.