This is a tough entry. I honestly don’t know how this one’s going to end.I took my daughter to the Liberty Science Center — NJ’s Museum of Science — to check out their all-new exhibits. Most were great.On the lowest floor were two bent and twisted girders from the World Trade Center.On the top floor, facing the area that once stood the World Trade Center, I was greeted by the “Islamic Science” section. It really didn’t sit well with me. This was a whole section dedicated to the scientific advances that occurred during the pre- Rannaisance era in Islamic territories.The exhibit mentioned the word “Islamic” a thousand times when talking about scientific advances, as if Islam were the CAUSE of the advancement, not the bystander.I wondered why there was no “Christian Science” or “Jewish Science” room. I wonder why the religion wasn’t mentioned when talking about the World Trade Center, but touted loudly in the pursuit of flight.And I wondered about the political correctness — the overzealous pushing of the “scientific side” of Islam in the shadow of the victims of Islam’s most notorious followers.
There is a religion very popular here in Michigan, it’s called the cloud religion. It is monotheistic and it believes that god’s message is in the clouds. It was began by the prophet Cumulus, He was blessed with the ability to read the messages.
Some of the messages he recived:
1. a war between monsters will be coming (look hard enough in the sky, you will see the monsters preparing for battle)
2. A large amount of undiscovered species (Many where found later)
3. You will never see horses made of clouds because horses are evil.
many claim they have seen horse-like clouds, but the messages where received in Michigan and therefore the horses must be seen over Michigan.
any horses over Michigan have been proven to be either dogs, donkeys, or unicorns proving that clouds are the message of god.
Also few people attempt to find the horses in fear of cloud terrorists.
actually, assuming there is always a beginning is logical. Its the religious that think beginnings must stop at something (like god), we have no reason to believe that.
stilhorn
Your prophet Cumulus (Peanut Butter and Jelly Be Upon Him) made a mistake.
He did not write a book.
Oh, wait. His book is written in the clouds, isn’t it?
When did medical science discover that the hair on the front of the cranium was responsible for a person lying?
You are one crazy Muslim.
As long as they only find said “truth” in the Quran.
ezzatoa,
Science certainly found relative blossoming under ancient Islamic rule, but only when compared to the more restrictive competing religions of the West and East.
My question to you is: What do you think happened in more recent times? As the West secularized, the relative scientific wealth of the Islamic world has plummeted. Why do you think this is so? Is it in fact an indictment of Islamic (or indeed any theocratic) rule?
The fundamental issue with theocratic rule is that is is based on revealed truth. As such it has no mechanism to adapt when more complete understanding of natural phenomena require the old truths to be discarded.
I commend ancient Islam for not being as oppressive as some of its sister religions, but condemn it for its more recent antithesis toward science.
One thing that amuses me is that ezzat is a coward, a wimp, who for a while now has avoided answering my posts that link a lot of dog shit that is found in the koran.
If muslim men want to put their asses in the air in “prayer” to get sodomized by allah or mohammed, that is their right.
I hope that they pray all day long and don’t get involved in politics. At least when a muslim man is praying, you know he is not killing anyone.
In celebration of Ezzat’s posts, I have located a rather appropriate cartoon…
http://jesusandmo.net/2007/07/24/sperm/
how can you criticize Him, you are clearly ignorant
but this is no surprise, you must believe that he was perfect in order to understand why he is perfect.
stilhorn,
While we accept the prophet Cumulus(PBJBUH)we do wish that you would accept the Savior, Stratus(PBJBUH)as well as the Holy Mist… The Trinity is the only way to the Truth and the only way to be saved… Submit or spend eternity in the cloudless neverland where the sun shines all the time with no relief from the incessant blue sky…
he has once seen in the sky what looked like an ant with eight legs. later it was discovered that There is actually a spider in the rainforest that looks just like an ant!
Lying hair! Ha!