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Someone once told me I'm quick to reject certain beliefs as soon as I come across newer and more interesting ideas to replace them. It is seen as a sign of lack of faith, to use a more religious rhetoric, to irrevocably question concepts such as Allah, the Rasuls, the Kitabs, Malaikats, Shaitans, the Ulul-Azmi's, the Jinns, Dunia, Akhirat, the virgin birth of Jesus peace on him, the Ruh, Dusa, Pahala etc. etc. etc. etc.
Or worse to attempt to answer them with equally suggestible concepts such as Logic, Time, Arithmetic, Biology, Physics, Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, Chemical Reactions, the Big Bang Theory, Theory of Evolution etc. etc.
This is the perennial Religion vs. Science debate. In most western countries, there is opporunity for anyone to speak about or against such topics, or any other issues and ideas no matter how controversial. By time, the idea is discussed so much that reconciliation is made and it no longer becomes taboo and the general public is free to either accept it or reject it. This is the norm we find in liberal democracies which is absent in the more conservative states. Nevertheless all the information and realities we have come to understand thus far is there and becomes readily accessible to everyone anywhere in the world. They are in the form of studies and corriculum, books and publications, research papers, breakthrough research, discussion, dialogue and interviews, and so much more. It is now, and perhaps always have been, a matter of searching for it.
I hope you find what you're looking for. As I know you hope I find mines.
Someone once told me I'm quick to reject certain beliefs as soon as I come across newer and more interesting ideas to replace them. It is seen as a sign of lack of faith, to use a more religious rhetoric, to irrevocably question concepts such as Allah, the Rasuls, the Kitabs, Malaikats, Shaitans, the Ulul-Azmi's, the Jinns, Dunia, Akhirat, the virgin birth of Jesus peace on him, the Ruh, Dusa, Pahala etc. etc. etc. etc.
Or worse to attempt to answer them with equally suggestible concepts such as Logic, Time, Arithmetic, Biology, Physics, Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, Chemical Reactions, the Big Bang Theory, Theory of Evolution etc. etc.
This is the perennial Religion vs. Science debate. In most western countries, there is opporunity for anyone to speak about or against such topics, or any other issues and ideas no matter how controversial. By time, the idea is discussed so much that reconciliation is made and it no longer becomes taboo and the general public is free to either accept it or reject it. This is the norm we find in liberal democracies which is absent in the more conservative states. Nevertheless all the information and realities we have come to understand thus far is there and becomes readily accessible to everyone anywhere in the world. They are in the form of studies and corriculum, books and publications, research papers, breakthrough research, discussion, dialogue and interviews, and so much more. It is now, and perhaps always have been, a matter of searching for it.
I hope you find what you're looking for. As I know you hope I find mines.
posted by Zed Peace
on 09 May 2008
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