Mashullah for Shiekh Mohammad Alshareef!!!
I have learned much about Islam from him since I don’t have much Islamic influence around me. I listen to him everyday on any topics that I find. I was listening to this brother about stories in the Qur’an. It was in regards to “perished nations.”
My Mother who is a Christian grew as any other Western American, has gotten caught up in the all the morality of what is right and wrong. For example in the story the Sheikh was talking about gay’s and how God has never allowed this. Even those that don’t practice homosexuality but don’t stand up against it goto hell for supporting it he was saying as in lut’s wife. Well I was remembering when my Mother was having a conversation with me on the phone about homosexuality. She was telling me that she thought “by watching tv” that it maybe a “genetic thing.” For one God doesn’t put “gayism” in someones body. That’s just an insult to God Almighty how can anyone even say or suggest this? She also told me that there was a “woman pastor” who spent some days with some gay people to see what life is like for them. Then after that my Mother was telling me how much the pastor agreed with this choosen lifestyle. WHAT??? First of all in the Christian Bible you are not allowed to have women Pastors! And because she was already misguided she was only misguided some more!
Then I was telling my Mother about some girl I use to talk to that I cut off all contact with her…
One day I called the girl at her home. Her boyfriend answered and said that she wasn’t home to call her on her mobile phone. Well I didn’t because I wanted to do other things so I wrote the girl an email saying something to the effect of “I called you at your home and your boyfriend answered.” Let me tell you I never saw a girl get so mad in response. She said “HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND HE IS MY HUSBAND.” Well for one she told me in the past she didn’t care what I callede him. Second, they may have been together for 12 years but they are not legally married by any court. Not in the eyes of God! SO THEY AREN’T MARRIED! Really I couldn’t understand why she is mad about that. If she wants to get married that bad and have that lable of marriage over her then she should go ahead and do it. The girl got all defensive and said “I don’t see your paper.” I said name the time and place and I will bring it to you! (lol). She shut up about that but instead she got someone to write me back which I knew wasn’t her because the person wrote much nicer than her for one and the big give away was “alsalam alaikom” she never wrote me any of that so I suspect it was her BOYFRIEND that wrote me which I thought was rather rude so I told the person that I wish not to talk to her again. This happened about August. I was already not ok with her to begin with before that but because it was Ramadan I thought I would forgive her before.
Well I told my Mother this a few days ago. She said I have to agree with your friend. I was furious because my Mom is suppose to be a “Christian.” Real Christians don’t believe in gayism or living in sin according to their own Bible as we Muslims do not. She went on to say “It’s common law.” she said maybe by “western standards but not by God.” My point is how are you going to agree with Western laws over God’s? All that movement of women in the 1960′s just messed up religious beliefs so much that you just have no idea as a Westerner how you are to live your life. It’s like most of us forgot or have no idea what is the truth anymore. It’s all warped before our eyes.
For one when confronted with a homosexual about his or her orientation, no one should be shy to tell them they are wrong in what they practice as this is the truth and inshallah they will be guided to the right path by God. Also how dare anyone agree that living in sin is ok because you done it for “so long” as it is. You really think God will over look this? Um… NO!
Somethings aren’t meant to be tollorated! It doesn’t mean your prejudice it just means that you know where you stand on the day of judgement in front of God!
Do you really think God needs you to be intolerant on His behalf? Surely the Almighty has enough power to fight His own battles?
I also think that if the Almighty created humankind, he also created human characteristics, such as homosexuality. Surely creating something you later disaprove of is a bit like a painter disliking his choice of colour scheme?
I don’t think that God needs us to speak out for him but I do believe we need to speak out about him and what he asks from us and to help guide those to be guided. If no one speaks out for or against anything that is before God then how will any one else know what is right or wrong? We would be just as bad for not helping to guide those to the truth. We would be turning our backs if we didn’t speak out.
God did not plant a “gene” in our bodies to become gay or lesbian. However we are all subject to many of the major sins before God. Life is a test. We are not to give in to our desires if they are against God almighty. If God tells you something is a sin then IT’S A SIN no questions! If your holy book says it is then IT IS! There is no way around it! Many gay & lesbians want to believe that it’s all something they were born with. If a former gay or lesbian says that they were “saved” the gay community then states they were never gay because you can’t change your orientation. If you couldn’t change your orientation then why is it one of the many sins that will doom you to hell? Why wasn’t it just left out of the holy books? Again it’s all a test and be it gay or an alcholic or whatever our sins maybe it’s up to us to put our faith in God in the sin that we know is wrong to ask God to help correct and fix it before our time is up because there are no second chances after we die. The devil has made our sins to appear beautiful. Changing a sin especially after it has become so comfortable as a lifestyle is so hard and we just don’t want to change it but if you know what your doing is not what God wants you to be doing be it any sin, no matter how nice and comfortable it is we must leave it at once and repent.