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Hate? Do we have to hate because we are humans?
Shoshou..Mony:
--- Quote from: Romeesa-Chan on July 31, 2011, 09:12:00 pm ---^Well said, sis. (:
Hating others won't make you any better than them. ;)
One of my fav. quotes:
'Where there is love, there is life.' -Gandhi :D
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Gandhi is a great man. I am reading a book about him and Martin Luther King. :D
Romeesa-Chan:
--- Quote from: SpongeBob-Mony on July 31, 2011, 09:21:30 pm ---Gandhi is a great man. I am reading a book about him and Martin Luther King. :D
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Indeed, he is! ;D My Dad bought me a book on Gandhi and Churchill. Will be reading it soon, IA. :D
Romeesa-Chan:
Every heart that is not aflame is no heart;
A frozen heart is nothing but a handful of clay.
O God! Give me a breast that sets ablaze,
And in that breast a heart and that heart consumed with fire.
In Islam, the concept of love is one of the most important concepts. This fact manifests itself in Islamic philosophy, theology, mysticism and ethics; indeed, in some aspects, it plays the crucial role. For example, in defining the Islamic point of view on the relation between God and Universe in general, and between God and Mankind in particular, love has the most significant and profound place. Love is so central in Islam that it is seep as "the firmest handhold of faith" and "faith (Iman) is nothing but love for the sake of God and hate for the sake of God".
Chingoo:
I agree that hate is most harmful to the one harboring such an emotion. Negative emotions like envy, jealousy, hate, suspicion and hence any amount of grudges are like placing poison inside of your mind. However, to say that one can rid oneself of hate completely and be a loving being who loves everyone and everything...in my opinion, is a fatuous claim. Hate is the reciprocal of love and where there is love, there is hate.
The world is filled with a drastic variety of people, and we all have some principles, whether we conform to a religion or not. There will be people who do not conform to your beliefs and you learn to tolerate them, accept them as individuals who have made their choices. There will be people who work against you and your ideals, significantly harming material or abstract things significant to you or other human lives.
Can I love Hitler? No, frankly I can't. I can accept that the various theories about him being a sociopath, a schizophrenic and whatnot are true and like most psychopaths/serial killers, he's simply a sick guy who ended up doing horrible things out of his sickness, I still cannot love him because what he did to at least a couple of generations of the European and US community cannot be just ignored.
I'm not saying that one should go around tossing grenades at German people, because that's just plain stupid, but I believe in standing for your principles, defining them and protecting them. It's who I am and I can't deny it just because someone will have to look bad in my head. Hate is a very strong word and I've only used it for a few people, and never for people I know personally--because yes, it's a harmful poison. Just like war and any other aggressive state of mind or affairs. But you don't stop vouching for it simply because it can be detrimental; it serves bigger purposes and speaks for your values. At least, that's my take on hate.
Shoshou..Mony:
--- Quote from: Chingoo on August 03, 2011, 12:57:50 am ---I agree that hate is most harmful to the one harboring such an emotion. Negative emotions like envy, jealousy, hate, suspicion and hence any amount of grudges are like placing poison inside of your mind. However, to say that one can rid oneself of hate completely and be a loving being who loves everyone and everything...in my opinion, is a fatuous claim. Hate is the reciprocal of love and where there is love, there is hate.
The world is filled with a drastic variety of people, and we all have some principles, whether we conform to a religion or not. There will be people who do not conform to your beliefs and you learn to tolerate them, accept them as individuals who have made their choices. There will be people who work against you and your ideals, significantly harming material or abstract things significant to you or other human lives.
Can I love Hitler? No, frankly I can't. I can accept that the various theories about him being a sociopath, a schizophrenic and whatnot are true and like most psychopaths/serial killers, he's simply a sick guy who ended up doing horrible things out of his sickness, I still cannot love him because what he did to at least a couple of generations of the European and US community cannot be just ignored.
I'm not saying that one should go around tossing grenades at German people, because that's just plain stupid, but I believe in standing for your principles, defining them and protecting them. It's who I am and I can't deny it just because someone will have to look bad in my head. Hate is a very strong word and I've only used it for a few people, and never for people I know personally--because yes, it's a harmful poison. Just like war and any other aggressive state of mind or affairs. But you don't stop vouching for it simply because it can be detrimental; it serves bigger purposes and speaks for your values. At least, that's my take on hate.
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What would hating Hitler bring you Ching?
He is a sick man. I neither hate nor love him. I hate what he did but he means nothing to me and he surely doesn't deserve my emotions or my feelings because he is someone I never met..someone I won't meet inshAllah.
Sometimes..I tell myself, maybe because I wasn't in the place of those who got their parents killed or their relatives killed by Hitlar I do not feel hate. I can feel their pain but surely not like they do 100%.
However, I haven't met someone who is awful so that's why perhaps I rarely ever felt hate. I treat people good so I don't expect them to ever hurt me since I always have limits with everyone in my life and if I sense that they are starting to hurt me..I either turn them good or stay away from them and ask God to be the judge.
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