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It acts as a repressor to the nervous system and it can
cause shrinking of the brain and even senility. It suppresses
feeling and allows itself to be an unhealthy coping
mechanism. How I have understood this is that, every
single human being falls into difficulty at some point,
almost all of us have felt hopeless at some point, and when
you are at that point, you will be prepared to accept almost
anything to make that feeling go away. We resort to many
things to help us, running, indulging in food, being alone
and sometimes drugs and alcohol. God knows our nature
and that those coping mechanisms could destroy us. It is
tough, but our ultimate coping mechanism needs to be
Him. There could be dozens of more reasons to add to
this, this is what I mean by a more holistic approach in
terms of: yes it is wrong, yes God forbids it, God cares
about you and your family and your society and here is
also some more reasoning therefore, we abstain. It more
than just- you will be burning in hell. There is logic, care,
and also the fact that it is forbidden and punishable to
force you to potentially avoid hurting yourself and others.
So when your child or yourself is faced with a religiously
moral dilemma, there is strong backing for their beliefs
and reasons to say no. It is easy to say no because they
love God and they know God loves them and they also
know why God loved them enough to forbid it for them.
Also, it isn’t a method that every single person will follow
or will dramatically improve society, but it will definitely be
more hopeful, detailed, logical, further-reaching and
truthful in its nature and will God willing, improve the
current state of religious practice and belief among our
people .
We say there should be no intimacy between unmarried
individuals. Why? Intimacy is so sacred in its nature, it is
where life begins and develops. It is the closest relation two
human beings can have, it is so binding on all forms, mind,
body and soul. The bodies connect, the hormones released
in the body are of a connecting nature, the energies and
souls of those people fuse. How can one go about, sharing
something that sacred with someone or others who have no
right over you? How do you go about leaving little broken
parts of you with different types of people? At some point,
it is going to wear you down, leave you feeling broken, and
with a big hole inside you. It was never meant to fulfil you
or give you peace, it is temporary enjoyment. What about
the larger effects it has on society? Broken homes, trauma,
orphans, disease, rape, children brought up in divided
homes, it ultimately destroys not only you, but society too.
God is protecting you and all of us too. I could go on and
on using statistics, science, and covering all facets of
religion, but this was a simple and high-level illustration that
perhaps we need to teach religion and morality better and
understand God in a better light too. In teaching, we should
be teaching matters which are relevant and arm others
better to tackle current issues and dilemmas rather than
placing an emphasis and focus on topics and stories that
will almost never occur. We could be happier and more
successful if we just followed the guide on how to optimally
live our lives which came directly from our manufacturer.
We need to attempt the difficult task of unlearning,
relearning and reteaching to try and obtain fuller mosques,
better morality, happier and more content individuals and a
better quality life and hereafter altogether.
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