Should We Always Honour Our Parents?

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We should always honour our mother and father- discuss Some people believe that we should always honour our mother and father no matter how bad they may have been to us. Examples of people, who believe this, are Christians and Jews. Their fifth commandment is thou shall honour thy father and thy mother. Most Christians and Jews follow this rule and believe that everyone, even people with abusive parents should honour their parents. Another example of people that believe this is Muslims. In Islam the most worshipped after god is parents. The fact the respect must be given every and any day to parents is mentioned many times in the Quran and by the Prophet Muhammad who said "Paradise lies under the feet of the mother." This shows how Islam values parents and believe that the some of the best happiness is from honouring, respecting and being in awe of your creators. On the other hand non religious people may think that is ok to not always honour mothers and fathers. This is because to some sons and daughters, parents have been abusive in one way or another or have, in some way, lost the respect of the child. And because of this, atheists, who have no rule that says they must honour their parents, feel as if they must neither respect nor honour people who have done such wrong. Also some Jews believe in there being no medium when honouring. They believe that you should not have to honour your parents because God is the one who gave you a life and therefore God is the only one you MUST honour. And so if you do honour your mother and father, it is not them you are truly honouring, you are honouring God. This may mean that as long as you honour God, if you choose not to honour your parents- for whatever reason, some Jewish believers would find this acceptable. In my opinion I think it is important to always honour your parents because they are who gave you life
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