Saturday, September 20, 2014

UNIVERSAL MYTHS MISTAKEN AS UNIVERSAL REALITIES (3rd Myth "Obedience to Parents is Obligatory ") BY GHULAM AHMED PARWEZ

Myth 3: Obedience to parents is obligatory

All religions have pronounced the myth of subordination to parents as divine instruction. All societies regard it as a higher value to be preserved. In Hindu mythology, Rama was elevated to be an {Maar (apostle) of Ishwer (God) solely because he readily obeyed his father. The young wife had asked the older husband to give her his word to do whatever she would ask. When he had, she demanded that her own son, instead of Rama, be declared heir to the throne. Despite the fact that both the father and the son knew the absurdity of the demand, they both carried it out. Rama, because he had obeyed his father, became not only an apostle but also an incarnation of God Himself.

The Quran rejected this myth too by presenting its view that children need their parents' guidance until they mature, which is when they should make their own decisions, They may benefit from other people's experiences but are by no means obliged to follow them. Fortunately, this unrealistic view of children being subordinates of their parents has largely been theoretical and limited to individual cases. If men had actually adopted this approach of every new generation slavishly carrying out practically the wishes of their elders, mankind would not have taken even one step forward on the path of progress. According to the Quran, life is evolving progressively, making every subsequent era different from the preceding one. Therefore, each generation of men must run their affairs as they see fit. Men are obliged to follow Divine Values only according to which the role-model is not Rama (the Hindu god) but Abraham who frankly told his father:
'How can you consider these statues your gods? As
I sec it, you and your people are obviously mistaken
The Quran wants one to treat one's parents nicely but not be subservient to them.
This myth extends itself into the view that one's forefathers are also to be followed blindly. The Quran rejected this universal myth of ancestor worship and said that that was the Unbelievers' way:
'When they arc told to follow what God has sent down, they say, "No, we'll follow the path of our
ancestors,"

It went on to comment:

...despite the Devil beckoning them toward a
hellish tomlent:
The Quran said all that but, sadly, we (Muslims) rediscovered the 'sacred' myth of subservience to ancestors and continue to cling to it

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