(June 23, 2014 at 4:55 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: Honor boils down to reputation, i.e how others see you. But the context you're using it in is psychological, in other words your overall happiness and self-esteem. You understand that these cannot come from man, technology, family, legacy, money, work, achievements, recognition, but you've granted special pleading to your god. He's exempt.
Yes, I understand that things like people, fame, money, work status, position, achievements, etc. are all just some temporary and very shallow sources of happiness. They just come and go. But I believe that finding real happiness and real honor depends on how God sees me, not how other people see me. One might think that he has some good reputation in this world just because of how much he is respected by his fellow humans, but none of that will matter anymore on the day he meets his Lord with a horridly black and dejected face. "And He whom Allah humiliates, none can give him honor" (Quran 22:18).
Okay, fine. You think that is special pleading but I don't.
