Francheska wrote:Love in the Arab world is different and much more materialistic than any Christian mind can imagine. The Muslim lovers are providers as it is written in the book and therefore expect women to obey them.
I disagree with you wording here. From my knowledge of islam and christianity, also based on your comment, I would hope that you meant to use
Western instead of
Christian and
Arab instead of
Muslim.
I'm sure that you have enough knowledge of religion on a whole to understand that what you are commenting on is a
Cultural Practice and not religious. Both Christianity and Islam note the reasons to practice chastity.
Lets please understand the difference between religion and culture. If you think it is strange that an arab man would prefer to marry a virgin, then you may be shocked to hear that It used to be common practice in Scotland, Ireland, and England for any King and sometimes ranks as low as magistrates to exerciser their monarchical right to sleep with and impregnate any new bride on her wedding night.
Francheska wrote:Sadly the book was written 14 centuries ago.
by "the book" I'm pretty sure you are eluding to the Qur'an. and allow me to clear something up for you. The Qur'an was written around about 630 AD. That puts it right at 1,377 years ago, or as you said, 14 Centuries ago (more or less). The Hebrew Bible, better known as the Toura or Old Testament was written in around about 650 BC, that puts it at right about 2657 years old, 26 and a half centuries. While the new testament, was first printed in greek in 1516, but that is nothing more than the life of the Prophet Jesus (Eisa in islam, Peace Be Upon Him) as seen through the eyes of his followers. Not unlike the Muslim Hadith, which was the stories and teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (reffered to as "The comforter" in some versions of the bible, Peace be upon him).
Shafiqe, if you read this, please correct me if I am wrong on the history of the Qur'an and Hadith.
Any Christian, please correct me if I am wrong on the history of the Old and New Testament.