Is it morally unsound to feel or think hateful things about a religion like Islam?
Is it morally unsound to say hateful things about a religion like Islam?
Is it morally unsound to discriminate against someone because of their religion if they are Muslims?
What is a morally sound stance for Judaism and Christianity to take regarding their Abrahamic stablemate Islam?
You should define "hateful things" as you see fit ~ or reject the term if necessary.
It might be helpful to differentiate between 'Islam as a faith' and 'Islam as a political force' ~ or not, if you don't want to.
Islamophobia: it's a word that was coined 100 years ago, but you hear it a lot these days.
Thoughts?
@fmf saidI think morality governs our interactions with others, so I don't really subscribe to the idea that 'thinking something' can be immoral; unless a thought translates into an action, I don't think it lies within the realm of morality.
Is it morally unsound to feel or think hateful things about a religion like Islam?
I don't agree with there being "thought crimes" or actions designated as "hate crimes" in order to be punished differently because of that element of "hate".
31 Jan 22
@fmf saidHating another human being is unchristian and antithetical to sound biblical doctrine, but hating what another does that violates biblical morality is right and just.
Is it morally unsound to feel or think hateful things about a religion like Islam?
Is it morally unsound to say hateful things about a religion like Islam?
Is it morally unsound to discriminate against someone because of their religion if they are Muslims?
What is a morally sound stance for Judaism and Christianity to take regarding their Abrahamic stablemate Islam?
Y ...[text shortened]... amophobia: it's a word that was coined 100 years ago, but you hear it a lot these days.
Thoughts?
I've heard things about Islam, if true, I would hate, just as I hate the things I hear some say about Christianity that I know are not true.
"What is a morally sound stance for Judaism and Christianity to take regarding their Abrahamic stablemate Islam?"
To love ones neighbor as oneself, and do unto others as one would have done unto their self.
31 Jan 22
@fmf saidI disagree with that.
I think morality governs our interactions with others, so I don't really subscribe to the idea that 'thinking something' can be immoral; unless a thought translates into an action, I don't think it lies within the realm of morality.
"Sow a thought, reap an action
Sow an action, reap a habit
Sow a habit, reap a character
Sow a character, reap a destiny"
Steven Covey
@josephw saidPut hating the person to one side for a moment. And put hating what they do aside as well. What about hating what they believe?
Hating another human being is unchristian and antithetical to sound biblical doctrine, but hating what another does that violates biblical morality is right and just.
31 Jan 22
@fmf saidI don't know of any biblical injunction or instruction that allows for hating what another believes per se, except to say that if that belief should cause that one to reject Christ, then, in that sense it is hate worthy.
Put hating the person to one side for a moment. And put hating what they do aside as well. What about hating what they believe?
Just my thoughts. I can't be dogmatic about that.
@josephw saidI don't believe Jesus is who Christians believe he is. Should Christians "hate" this belief of mine?
I don't know of any biblical injunction or instruction that allows for hating what another believes per se, except to say that if that belief should cause that one to reject Christ, then, in that sense it is hate worthy.