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Reply to "Relgion and Ego"

I find that as people become more involved in the church or church activities, they also become more intolerant to others. Since I am not able to assert that they are doing this consciously, I have to stick with it being an unintended consequence of their involvement. It is not difficult to observe these individuals seeing faults in others such as they don't attend churches, mandirs or mosques as often as they should or that their monetary or otherwise contributions are not sufficient. In my opinion, when one gets to that stage, they are no longer benefiting from that religious or spiritual endeavor.

But there is also another aspect that is equally concerning. That is the desire to export one's faith, culture or customs. I once viewed a video of a German who became a Muslim who pointed out that while he has become a Muslim, he continued to dress as he always did in western garb i.e. suits. He stated that he does not see the need to change his attire to an Arabic garment to solidify his Muslim faith. That was significant to me because I see many people dressing in Arabic garment and not really realizing that it may be Saudi Arabia's method of promulgating Islam. I personally don't care for the Muslim gown for the very essential Muslim creed of 'cleanliness is next to Godliness'. Most of those gowns sweeps the road on one's way to the mosque. Certainly that is not how the Prophet wore his gown as his went no lower than around halfway between his knees and ankle. One sees the same with Hindu churchgoers but I am not in a position to make any assessment on that as I don't necessarily know of all the intricacies involved with their chosen attire. I think these are all methods to export one's customs whether the person doing it is aware of it or not.

FM
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