Remember my dad spilling strong acid ruining the living room which I later found out was intended for my mom.
To this day I can’t help but cringe when people equate middle eastern issues to western issues. This shit is not even the same planet - the whole region is like a century behind at least despite all the money and development and is fundamentally a failed culture.
Mom and I left and she’s doing well now but no idea about dad or anyone from that side of family. Though, I’ve heard that karma caught up with everyone eventually.
My mom ran into one of the dads friends who arranged the acid a few years back and it turns out he got almost fully blinded in an accident of his own and flipped his personality 180° and started doing charity work. It kinda goes against this pop culture idea of bullies being fixed by “understanding and love” when in reality it’s usually a catastrophe like this that really sorts them.
Thanks it sucked but we made through and the world is all that brighter now!
As for my view on middle-east culture - it might appear like I’m being mean or reductionist with this view but since Quran is literal “word of god” and not interpreted text like in every other religion it has developed this culture that is incapable of growth or nuance since the very base layer is unquestionable obedience. It’s a fundamentally broken world model that cannot be redeemed without an absolute revolution that has to come from within the community but you can probably clearly see the catch 22 here that makes it not possible. Thus a failed culture with no clear path to growth.
Because it’s believed to be “literal word of god” revealed to Muhammad by an angel word-by-word. Since Allah is perfect and all knowing his word is considered to be flawless and eternal and not open to interpretation or doubt. The theological argument is that imperfect human reasoning will lead to misguidance and thus corrupt the religion so only literal interpretation is acceptable.
So it’s like a constitution that cannot be amended but it’s from over 2 millennia ago when most people didn’t even know how to read or write. It’s a dead end.
Remember my dad spilling strong acid ruining the living room which I later found out was intended for my mom.
To this day I can’t help but cringe when people equate middle eastern issues to western issues. This shit is not even the same planet - the whole region is like a century behind at least despite all the money and development and is fundamentally a failed culture.
what ultimately happened with your dad? is your mom ok
Mom and I left and she’s doing well now but no idea about dad or anyone from that side of family. Though, I’ve heard that karma caught up with everyone eventually.
My mom ran into one of the dads friends who arranged the acid a few years back and it turns out he got almost fully blinded in an accident of his own and flipped his personality 180° and started doing charity work. It kinda goes against this pop culture idea of bullies being fixed by “understanding and love” when in reality it’s usually a catastrophe like this that really sorts them.
I’m sorry you experienced that moose, it’s rough. Would you mind explaining how it’s a failed culture?
Thanks it sucked but we made through and the world is all that brighter now!
As for my view on middle-east culture - it might appear like I’m being mean or reductionist with this view but since Quran is literal “word of god” and not interpreted text like in every other religion it has developed this culture that is incapable of growth or nuance since the very base layer is unquestionable obedience. It’s a fundamentally broken world model that cannot be redeemed without an absolute revolution that has to come from within the community but you can probably clearly see the catch 22 here that makes it not possible. Thus a failed culture with no clear path to growth.
That makes perfect sense thanks for explaining! How come it’s not interpretatable surely that’s debatable?
Because it’s believed to be “literal word of god” revealed to Muhammad by an angel word-by-word. Since Allah is perfect and all knowing his word is considered to be flawless and eternal and not open to interpretation or doubt. The theological argument is that imperfect human reasoning will lead to misguidance and thus corrupt the religion so only literal interpretation is acceptable.
So it’s like a constitution that cannot be amended but it’s from over 2 millennia ago when most people didn’t even know how to read or write. It’s a dead end.
Ahhhhh I see thanks for explaining