Allah does not love those who do mischief.
"For Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him). " (3:159)
"Those that keep their plighted faith and act aright verily Allah loves those who act aright." (3:76)
"Those who spend (freely) whether in prosperity or in adversity; who restrain anger and pardon (all) men; for Allah loves those who do good. " (3:134)
Interesting. So Allah loves only those that do his will...right?
So if one of your own children is doing mischief or does not do any good, could you stop loving them? What about if your child denounce Islam? Could you still love them? If not, then the definition of your love is conditional.
Yes. The Quran says:
"If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans marry women of your choice two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them) then only one..." (4:3)
Sounds like a legal way to be unfaithful. Not only that, why is it limited to men?
According to statistics I saw is Oprah's show, an average American commits adultery with at least 13 different people, and numbers for UK and Australia are also above 10. And the major religion of these countries is Christianity.
The major religion is Christianity but how many of them are devout? Before being saved 4 years ago, I labeled myself as a Christian when in fact I was not even going to church, reading the Bible or even spoke of anything about God, Christ or anything else that is religious. I got married in a church. Even went to church for a few months. Got a divorce 8 years later.
Now if I were to take a survey at that time, I would have said that I was a Christian when in fact I was not. Do you see my point?
The following should she some light on devout Christians:
The slogan: "The family that prays together, stays together" is often seen. There has been much anecdotal evidence that has led to "unsubstantiated claims that the divorce rate for Christians who attended church regularly, pray together or who meet other conditions is only 1 or 2 percent". Dr. Tom Ellis, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention's Council on the Family said that for "...born-again Christian couples who marry...in the church after having received premarital counseling...and attend church regularly and pray daily together..." experience only 1 divorce out of nearly 39,000 marriages -- or 0.00256 percent.
For His Harvest,
Eddie