Me and Tyler
1-Tyler is my friend and colleague in my PhD project,one night After solving a tough fluid flow homework he gave me ride to home since it was late and there was no bus.
I told him:"How a nice car"
Tyler:"I worked in a gas station when I was a college student and earned good money and bought this car. I mowed grass when I was the high school student and I paid my expenses myself"
"Is it usual for everybody to work when he is student here?"I surprisingly asked
Tyler:"It is not a case for SMU students since mostly they are rich, when I started the high school my dad told me I am not gonna pay for your expenses and you should pay yourself
" why?"
"because my dad thought children could better appreciate their parents in this way"
"How did you start? "
"First my aunt suggested me to cut their grass for $10,then her neighbors suggested the same and my business started and I got famous in mowing grass in that area and I was really busy."
I was thinking there is big difference between here and my home country since the educated people in my country mostly ashamed to tell others that they did some low level jobs like working in restaurants and so on which I think we should change this attitude and consider all jobs as a valuable works.
2-I was speaking with Tyler about religion one day,I declared that I believe everyone who believes in each religion and act according his faith will get award and will go to heaven disregarding of religion type, we have some thinkers like Rumi(Persian poet and theologian who lived 800 years ago) who supports this idea. he says the difference between religions is like the difference between people who call God in different languages.
Tyler told me "I hope you will remain my friend but I think just Christians would go to heaven."
"what is your reason?"
"because this is written in Bible and I think whatever Bible says it is correct."
"So what is gonna happen to people who live in some area in Africa or China who even have not heared about Islam or Christianity?"
"We believe that Jesus will go to everybody and invites him to truth at least one time at life."
"I have aquestin for you,why am I the Muslim and you are the Christian?Because I was born in a Muslim family and you were born in a Christian family. we inherited the religion from our families,like the skin color and other attributes. I accept we can change our beliefs but it is not easy in case of religion."
Tyler did not say anything and was thinking deeply.
I told him:"How a nice car"
Tyler:"I worked in a gas station when I was a college student and earned good money and bought this car. I mowed grass when I was the high school student and I paid my expenses myself"
"Is it usual for everybody to work when he is student here?"I surprisingly asked
Tyler:"It is not a case for SMU students since mostly they are rich, when I started the high school my dad told me I am not gonna pay for your expenses and you should pay yourself
" why?"
"because my dad thought children could better appreciate their parents in this way"
"How did you start? "
"First my aunt suggested me to cut their grass for $10,then her neighbors suggested the same and my business started and I got famous in mowing grass in that area and I was really busy."
I was thinking there is big difference between here and my home country since the educated people in my country mostly ashamed to tell others that they did some low level jobs like working in restaurants and so on which I think we should change this attitude and consider all jobs as a valuable works.
2-I was speaking with Tyler about religion one day,I declared that I believe everyone who believes in each religion and act according his faith will get award and will go to heaven disregarding of religion type, we have some thinkers like Rumi(Persian poet and theologian who lived 800 years ago) who supports this idea. he says the difference between religions is like the difference between people who call God in different languages.
Tyler told me "I hope you will remain my friend but I think just Christians would go to heaven."
"what is your reason?"
"because this is written in Bible and I think whatever Bible says it is correct."
"So what is gonna happen to people who live in some area in Africa or China who even have not heared about Islam or Christianity?"
"We believe that Jesus will go to everybody and invites him to truth at least one time at life."
"I have aquestin for you,why am I the Muslim and you are the Christian?Because I was born in a Muslim family and you were born in a Christian family. we inherited the religion from our families,like the skin color and other attributes. I accept we can change our beliefs but it is not easy in case of religion."
Tyler did not say anything and was thinking deeply.
posted by Ali @ 3:37 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Mandy:
Thanks for your comment.You are the first!For me what is important is our actions,as far as our actions brings peace and happiness it does not matter what we believe.
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