why only when the pig fly, Islam can achieve freedom and democracy?

When the Iraqis sent Saddam to the gallows, many people cheered that the spring of Iraq was coming. Iraq would usher in a beautiful society of freedom and democracy like the United States. In fact, at that time, I vaguely felt that things were unlikely so simple. The subsequent process also made sure my worries. Although Iraq’s economic achievements were gratifying, terrorist incidents broke out frequently. It was hard to connect with a better society. Later, the rise of the Islamic State confirmed that there was no spring in Iraq, and its freedom and democracy were Thousands of miles away from that of the United States. Similar to this, the secularizing reforms of freedom and democracy had halted in the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran. The secularized Turkey has re-Islamicized again. Why is this? People were puzzled,head-scratch, and awfully regretted these two countries. But all these things seem normal to me today because I know that Islamic Society has its own ultimate world and social system, which is the unity of politics and religion implicit in the Koran, not freedom and democracy. Liberal democracy is just a political idea in Islamic Society. According to our above discussion, faith outweighs the political idea, and Islam will only choose the unity of politics and religion according to their faith, not the contrary, liberal democracy.

Therefore, we suddenly see the light, and all the puzzles become clear. Nothing can prevent people from flying to eternal life and eternity with their wings and running toward the ultimate world, including the so-called universal truth of freedom and democracy. Iran and Turkey choose the Society of political and religious unity, which is the choice of the Islamists in these two countries and is also an inevitable choice. The regret of others is a dog meddles in the cats’ mouse business. The same reason can explain why the United States has been promoting freedom and democracy all over the world for many years, but with little effect? All these also support the themes of this book of mine. Freedom and democracy are rather anti-human and anti-practice than universal values. It comes from Christian Protestantism but is contrary to most secular experiences and the teachings of other religions. It can even be said that the conflict is severe. Therefore, the so-called universal values of freedom and democracy knock the head against a brick wall in other societies.

On the contrary, the revival of Islam can be easily achieved. Huntington wrote in ” The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, ” By 1920 only four Muslim countries—Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Afghanistan—remained independent of some form of non-Muslim rule.

The retreat of Western colonialism, in turn, began slowly in the 1920s and 1930s and accelerated dramatically in the aftermath of World War II. The collapse of the Soviet Union brought independence to additional Muslim societies. According to one count, some ninety-two acquisitions of Muslim territory by non-Muslim governments occurred between 1757 and 1919. By 1995, sixty-nine of these territories were once again under Muslim rule, and about forty-five independent states had overwhelmingly Muslim populations. The violent nature of these shifting relationships is reflected in the fact that 50 percent of wars involving pairs of states of different religions between 1820 and 1929 were wars between Muslimsand Christians.① Because freedom and democracy is only a political idea, while Islam is a faith.

In the 1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Mormon monogamy of a husband to four wives was unconstitutional because it violated traditional social morality and undermined social stability. Although American law never stipulated that marriage must be monogamous, the United States had always been a traditionally Christian society. Monogamy is considered necessary and inevitable in the souls of most people. At that time, the Supreme Court’s judgment did not cause controversy because American Society was still traditional and conservative or a relatively pure Christian society. If this case happens now, it may be another result. In 2015, the left-leaning Supreme Court passed the judgment on the legalization of same-sex marriage by 5:4 (American law is very complex, and there are several Counterclaims in this case, so I can only briefly introduce them here). These five stupid Supreme Court judges will nail to the pillory in history because their judgment has brought potential factors for American Society’s disintegration. Although the Old Testament clearly states that homosexuality is a crime, according to the principle of universal love in the New Testament, I personally think it can be handled leniently, loosely on the basis of the Old Testament. Homosexuals can communicate privately or form their own community. However, when those are regarded equivalent to the sacred and pure marriage of one man, one woman, and one husband, one wife, I think it should be infeasible; it’s really hard to accept. With the legalization of same-sex marriage, the United States has turned into a completely abnormal society. We often see some fantastic reports. For example, some parents change the gender of their children at a young age to respect their children’s own choices, but what are their own choices for children so young? Moreover, no matter how perfect the operation is, an operation is also an operation that will bring many sequelae and inconveniences later in life.

Another example is to respect the rights of transgender people. The IOC will recognize their records. If this goes on, the women’s sports at the Olympic Games will be completely dominated by transgender. Therefore, the Olympic Games can be called transgender games. Is there still a need for the Olympic Games? The world is obviously becoming more and more absurd and falling apart.

Moreover, a new religion, the religion of science and technology, was born with the development of science and technology. It worships and believes that science and technology can solve all problems, which also sows a significant potential danger for humans. I am skeptical about Science; Science is only limited to the realm of phenomena. It is only an experimental science and does not create laws. Laws are still in the hands of God. Science just constantly experiments and summarizes laws. No one knows what will happen before the experimental results come out; what is the law? What is the specific content of these laws, which only God actually knows? All this makes science have great uncertainty and great hidden dangers. Just imagine whether the disordered robots in Hollywood films will come to us, whether the experiment of human genes will produce new species that will destroy humans, and whether nuclear war will eventually break out? Will the horror scenes in the biochemical crisis appear in real life? Will the infinite reproduction of humans make the earth unbearable and eventually explode? These are all unknowns. No one knows what the future of humans will be.

It is undeniable that technology has brought convenience to human life, but sometimes it is unclear whether these conveniences are really conveniences. When there was no TV, the family gathered together after dinner, chatting and reading; it was sweetness and light. When there was TV, in the beginning, the atmosphere was nice. The family sat around the TV. Later, TV became popular, and everyone hid in their individual room to watch their favorite programs. Then, the mobile phone came, people held the mobile phone anywhere, any time, even new people who used mobile phones to communicate between husband and wife appeared. It is really unclear whether these technologies do well for humans in this way.

Sometimes I think science is the so-called whip of God, created by God to punish humans for deviating from Him. However, I do not completely deny the value of science. When science is associated with love, it will bring a lot of convenience to humans. What excitement is the moment when a child, who has been blind for many years, sees the sun again? How gleeful when juvenile deaf for many years hears the first sound through high technology? And How cheerful when a patient paralyzed for many years can walk with the help of robot feet. All these reflect the value and meaning of science. Science only makes sense and gets moving when it is connected with love. If science deflects from love, brotherly love to pursue evil, in that case, it is another matter, such as organ transplantation, brain replacement, blind pursuit of the gene, and biochemical engineering. Then science may bring destruction to humans. I think the best relationship between God, man, and science is like that; suppose there are dozens of roads ahead at the moment of human life and death, but there is only one way to live, and the others will bring destruction to humans. At this time, scientists, through their devout belief in God and their solid professional knowledge, after a pious prayer, Intuitively chose one of them, and it is the correct answer, a road to life. This is also the time when God, man, and Science are most harmonious. Of course, you can regard the road as possible new laws, new energy, new gene technology, new life technology, new treatment methods, etc. Only when science is linked with love will God let you find the correct answer. If you turn away from God, he can let you choose the dead end because everything is under his control.

However, on the whole, I take a dim view of the human future. I can only, through this book, cherish the memory of Christianity and honor the missionaries who, for faith, went into the cannibal tribe with honor-bound, without a backward glance. I revere the monks who braved crossfire to rescue the wounded on both sides of the battlefield for the love of brothers and commemorate their founding the hospitals and schools worldwide. I reminisce the journey of Christians leading humans out of barbarism and ignorance to civilization and rationality, reminiscing the soul-stirring, spectacular historical dramas performed by Christians as the protagonists. I retrospect their twists and turns, tooth and nail of creating the United States, wishing that my book may bring some comfort and enlightenment to humans.

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①   Samuel Huntington “The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order”, Xinhua Publishing House, trans Zhou Qi, Liu Fei, Zhang Liping and Wang Yuan. P 187