Anyone consider themselves a Cultural Muslim?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you yourself are spiritual you'll be welcoming and inclusive of them, regardless of their level of religiosity because your conduct is about your religiosity not theirs. Being judgmental or gossiping defeats the purpose of fasting to enlighten yourself. Fasting isn't just about skipping meals.

How do you become enlightened by fasting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So it’s just performative? Waste of time.

Religion (all religion) in a nutshell.

if you believe something it’s not performative.

DP. If you're performing the rituals of prayer and fasting without digesting the *reason* behind these things, it's performative. Just like the person who goes to church on Sunday but then goes to gossip at brunch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you yourself are spiritual you'll be welcoming and inclusive of them, regardless of their level of religiosity because your conduct is about your religiosity not theirs. Being judgmental or gossiping defeats the purpose of fasting to enlighten yourself. Fasting isn't just about skipping meals.

How do you become enlightened by fasting?

Did you even go to Sunday school? Or do you just go through the motions/rituals to get points with God?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you yourself are spiritual you'll be welcoming and inclusive of them, regardless of their level of religiosity because your conduct is about your religiosity not theirs. Being judgmental or gossiping defeats the purpose of fasting to enlighten yourself. Fasting isn't just about skipping meals.

How do you become enlightened by fasting?

It's not enlightenment. It's low blood sugar which has a big affect on your mind. Fasting is just a more acceptable form of an altered mental state.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So it’s just performative? Waste of time.

All religious "things" are just performative. No one knows if it "works" until you die, so you're just performing until then.

People who are religious know it works while they are alive. We already know Jesus paid the price. Faith is believing. I am not performing, I am a Believer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s just performative? Waste of time.

All religious "things" are just performative. No one knows if it "works" until you die, so you're just performing until then.

People who are religious know it works while they are alive. We already know Jesus paid the price. Faith is believing. I am not performing, I am a Believer.

You "believe". You do not "know".
You are performing, hoping jesus sees and welcomes you. You have no idea what actually happens. Isn't that kind of the base of the whole "faith" part of religion?

[Anonymous]

Not fasting is not necessarily a sign of being non religious. Women cant fast when ok their period, men cant fast when traveling due to the time zone /jet lag, and diabetics are also exempt from fasting.

In my experience, Iranians fall into the culturally Muslim category especially if they insist they’re Persian not iranian. Some Arabs as well are agnostic and don’t practice but they don’t advertise it openly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s just performative? Waste of time.

All religious "things" are just performative. No one knows if it "works" until you die, so you're just performing until then.

People who are religious know it works while they are alive. We already know Jesus paid the price. Faith is believing. I am not performing, I am a Believer.

You "believe". You do not "know".
You are performing, hoping jesus sees and welcomes you. You have no idea what actually happens. Isn't that kind of the base of the whole "faith" part of religion?

We believe Jesus and believe that He has paid the price for humanity. We believe He Loves all humanity. Believing Jesus loves us and humanity isn’t a performance. It’s a belief. We aren’t performing for Jesus. We have a personal relationship with Him. We don’t believe Jesus sees us; we know His Father created us and knows us.

To someone who believes, there’s no doubt.

Why are you attempting to define my personal relationship with Jesus? How could you possibly know how I or billions of people actually feel? You would not have the ability to know what anyone else feels or define their personal beliefs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it’s just performative? Waste of time.

All religious "things" are just performative. No one knows if it "works" until you die, so you're just performing until then.

People who are religious know it works while they are alive. We already know Jesus paid the price. Faith is believing. I am not performing, I am a Believer.

This is the very definition of performative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not fasting is not necessarily a sign of being non religious. Women cant fast when ok their period, men cant fast when traveling due to the time zone /jet lag, and diabetics are also exempt from fasting.

In my experience, Iranians fall into the culturally Muslim category especially if they insist they’re Persian not iranian. Some Arabs as well are agnostic and don’t practice but they don’t advertise it openly.

The Persians I know still resent Arabs for converting their people to Islam. If they had to choose, they’d prefer to go back to their Zoro roots.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you yourself are spiritual you'll be welcoming and inclusive of them, regardless of their level of religiosity because your conduct is about your religiosity not theirs. Being judgmental or gossiping defeats the purpose of fasting to enlighten yourself. Fasting isn't just about skipping meals.

How do you become enlightened by fasting?

It's not enlightenment. It's low blood sugar which has a big affect on your mind. Fasting is just a more acceptable form of an altered mental state.

That too but controlling your urges, feeling empathy for poor who go hungry, having discipline to get up so early, to pray timely etc do rid body and mind of regular life's toxicity.

[Anonymous]

If you are doing it right with pure intention with prayers, meditation and good deeds, it can be enlightening. If you are just performing a ritual because you are supposed to and were taught to do, its just a time restricted diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are doing it right with pure intention with prayers, meditation and good deeds, it can be enlightening. If you are just performing a ritual because you are supposed to and were taught to do, its just a time restricted diet.

This sounds right. Like, if you're a Christian who fasts during Lent, but doesn't gorge on Sundays, because you don't have to fast on Sundays - the Lord's day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have family members that are not devout, they don’t pray or fast but they do go for Eid prayers, dress up and visit family. It’s a little awkward when they come for iftar but have not been fasting but we all just look the other way.

Someone misunderstood the assignment of Ramadan... and it's not those non-fasting family members.

Way to make a huge leap here. I never ever treated those family members who don’t fast any differently. They are warmly welcome in my home and I don’t judge them at all. I only said it was awkward because they feel awkward and apologize for eating and not fasting. I never say or do anything to make them stick out. Like I said we just look the other way and just act as if everyone has been fasting. Trust me, I know what Ramadan is all about.

[Anonymous]

Does wearing a hijab cause men to leave you alone/be more respectful? I’d be an atheist in a hijab if this is true.