Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[parkerman]

Yeh definitely. But how can you be Muslim and not believe what is said in the Koran. Though I dont actually know what it says in the Koran, maybe it would be helpful if somebody could find out cos I dont have a clue. Obviously something about not being allowed to be gay. Or is it just the absence of homosexuals in the koran that leads them to believe its unacceptable? Like certain Christians believe homosexuality isnt cos the bible is all based on Mary and Joseph. Is it something like that with the Muslim religion as well?

The bible actually explicitly forbids homosexuality. It's not just about Mary and Joseph.

[Siobhan]

Yeh definitely. But how can you be Muslim and not believe what is said in the Koran. Though I dont actually know what it says in the Koran, maybe it would be helpful if somebody could find out cos I dont have a clue. Obviously something about not being allowed to be gay. Or is it just the absence of homosexuals in the koran that leads them to believe its unacceptable? Like certain Christians believe homosexuality isnt cos the bible is all based on Mary and Joseph. Is it something like that with the Muslim religion as well?

SS, like most religions SEX is suppose to be for procreation only and not to be enjoyed hence the reason they are against homosexuality as it doesn't lead to creation of a life. It has nothing to do with Mary or Joseph (which by the way is a tiny part of the bible) but with God claiming that the act of sex should lead ONLY to a creation of a child

[JustJodi]

Yeah, that is going to be a smack in the mouth for him... but would it have been any different then..mmm I would say yes cause he was worried about hurting Zainab again with stories about Syed... my heart went out to him last night

I felt so bad for Masood.. I also wonder how he is going to react when he finds out that Zainab knew about this before he did

[*-Rooney-*]

It s not just that zainab knew before he did, buts he forced syed to go along with the whole wedding sham. that will devastate massod since hes shocked that syed has made a mockery of amira and of the whole wedding

[Siobhan]

It s not just that zainab knew before he did, buts he forced syed to go along with the whole wedding sham. that will devastate massod since hes shocked that syed has made a mockery of amira and of the whole wedding

He will probably blame Syed for making a mockery of the wedding and his religion but wait til he finds out that Syed was going to leave Amira and it was Zainab who told him to go ahead...

[Perdita]

He might suspect by now that Zainab knows more than she has been letting on, by her behaviour at the wedding and since, whenever she was in Christian's company

[JustJodi]

wait a min gang,,, we are overlooking something now to add to the "drama" Amira is PREGGERS................so now what ????

[Siobhan]

wait a min gang,,, we are overlooking something now to add to the "drama" Amira is PREGGERS................so now what ????

Zainab probably make him stay for the child.. which I again I would think is wrong thing to do

[Dazzle]

But how can you be Muslim and not believe what is said in the Koran.

Well, there are also plenty of Christians who don't believe everything in the Bible. As is said above, the Bible forbids homosexuality, but many Christians don't disapprove of people being gay - they acknowledge that the Bible was written in very different times and that some of it isn't relevant to today - for instance, I believe the Bible also condones slavery.

I'm no expert though.

[parkerman]

You're right, Dazzle, the bible does condone slavery.

It is usually the get out of good Christians that, as you say, they say it was written in very different times and that the laws of the Old Testament were somehow overruled by Jesus. But in the case of homosexuality, the New Testament also forbids it - see Paul's epistles to the Romans (1 26-27) and the Corinthians 1 6:9-11.

But in any case isn't the bible supposed to be the word of God. If he could get that wrong, what else has he got wrong?