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24-10-04, 15:47
Ramadan, Jesus and the Moon!
Question I am a devoted Christian. I work as a teacher of English language and I have worked in several foreign countries. I have lived in countries like Japan, India. I have never suffered from a cultural shock except when I lived for a short while in an Arab Muslim country.
The first shock was because of the way people degraded Jesus, the Lord. The second shock was because, though they were always nice to me, they still were not clear. They always claimed that they do believe in Jesus as a human prophet and that they highly appreciated the idea of a One Great God, who “would never beget or begotten”.
To tell you the truth, it bugged my conscience a bit, but the idea was some how touching to my heart. But, then, when Ramadan was coming, I got messed up! People cared very much for “the moon”!! They were waiting for the crescent to show up as if they worshipped it... The moment they knew it did appear their life style completely changed.
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Question I am a devoted Christian. I work as a teacher of English language and I have worked in several foreign countries. I have lived in countries like Japan, India. I have never suffered from a cultural shock except when I lived for a short while in an Arab Muslim country.
The first shock was because of the way people degraded Jesus, the Lord. The second shock was because, though they were always nice to me, they still were not clear. They always claimed that they do believe in Jesus as a human prophet and that they highly appreciated the idea of a One Great God, who “would never beget or begotten”.
To tell you the truth, it bugged my conscience a bit, but the idea was some how touching to my heart. But, then, when Ramadan was coming, I got messed up! People cared very much for “the moon”!! They were waiting for the crescent to show up as if they worshipped it... The moment they knew it did appear their life style completely changed.
lees verder:
http://www.islamonline.net/askaboutislam/display.asp?hquestionID=3710