Good and evil are always objective and constant. Their nature does not change because of circumstances or ignorance. But we are taught to believe in the other way. When asked about what is good or what is bad, the best answer that we can give is "good is what's morally correct, and bad is what's morally wrong." Morality is very subjective. It depends on what people think. And what people think changes all the time. This only makes it difficult for us to define the good and the evil.
Pre-marital sex = ZINA
The way the Western civilization names certain things has contributed much in shaping the view of good and evil into a very subjective and circumstancial manner. Let's take one example. Pre-marital sex simply means zina. However, nowadays we talk about zina but use the term 'pre-marital sex' by which we will create the view that zina can be right in certain circumstances; while zina has always been wrong since the time of the Prophet Adam A.S..
Another good example is paranoia, which simply means to have 'buruk sangka'. All western-trained psychologist will tell you that paranoia can sometimes be good and bad at some other time. Just imagine how disharmony a family will be if only one of its member is being paranoid about the other family member.
wAllahu 'alam
5 comments:
macam selsema babi ditukar.tak nak nampak kebabian babi tu.
agreed bro.aku nak amek artikel ni copy paste kt blog aku. i need more thoughts like this.
is this a personal attack harith?kidding..altho under normal circumstances of being a paranoid i would normally accuse u of doin this,but honestly i don't.write longer..i'll read
-hypochondriac
so in other words, paranoia is an 'evil' trait? hmmm
paranoia bukan lah satu 'trait'. ia satu perbuatan. and yes, i think it's evil.
and it's not a personal attack. it's been an issue dat i've been wanting to write about.
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