In Islam, I have read, is a being called The Doubter, which the faithful associate with the devil, they term, iblis. But certainly, doubt is the true beginning of wisdom? -----Original Message----- From: John Clark <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Feb 14, 2015 1:22 am Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics?
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > Your argument is based upon the collective thinking of some human thinkers > and philosophers, while my arguments are based upon a Book which, if numbers > matter, a large number of humans believe to be of a divine revelation. I find it interesting that these large number of humans who believe in this silly holy book of yours are not distributed equally around the globe as you'd expect if it were due to God's grace, but instead religious belief shows an enormously strong geographical correlation. You believe that the Quran is true for the same reason nearly all those large number of humans believe it to be true, their mommy and daddy told them it was true, and there is nothing deeper to it than that. > Studying scripture or being a Muslim does not limit or forbid studying the > sciences or other disciplines. Seeking knowledge is encouraged. If Seeking knowledge is encouraged it's very strange that although Muslims make up 23% of the world's population since 1900 only one Muslim has won a Nobel Prize in science, Ahmed Zewail won for chemistry in 1999. Abdus Salam won for physics in 1979 and his tombstone said "First Muslim Nobel Laureate", but the Pakistani government officially decreed that Ahmed Zewail was NOT a Muslim and ordered that the word "Muslim" be erased from his tombstone. By the way, Jews are only .19% of the world's population and yet they've won 20% of the Nobel Prizes. > Doubt is the lack of faith! Exactly true, but you almost make that sound like a bad thing. John k Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
