Friday, January 22, 2010

Incontrovertible Mathematical Proof of the Existence of God

Got this some time back:


In the cover email, it stated " The information presented at this seminar will be unlike anything heard before. Recently, irrefutable mathematical proof of God's existence has been uncovered. The consequent result of this discovery is a highly unique perspective on the purpose for our existence."
 
Then I realized there really is Incontrovertible Mathematical Proof of the Existence of God:

Claim: Free pizza & pop
Given: There's no such thing as a free lunch

Claim is impossible in all known ways
But there will be free pizza & pop, which is impossible

God can do anything, therefore God can do the impossible
If there is free pizza & pop, an impossible task, then only God could do it

Therefore God exists.

QED.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Naqaab banned by western coutnries

This came into my mailbox recently:

A few months ago, theWestern countries made fun of the naqaab (Islamic Burqa/Veil).
France President Sarcossy had issued a ban on the Viel(Naqaab)










And what's happening today??

Entire world is wearing naqaab




Allah hu Akbar
Is such a sudden attack of swine flu a coincidence?
No way.
If you got the message behind this mail, Forward it to all your friends



I will not be forwarding this to anyone, but I do have a couple of words to say about it.

Is such a sudden attack of swine flu a coincidence? I'm glad you asked.

Well, of course it is. We as Muslims need to be more educated about what we believe and say to others (let alone ourselves). There is absolutely NO basis for the writer of this e-mail to make such a blatant lie without the slightest bit of science or thought to back any of it up.

Am I suddenly kaffir because I reject the words of an anonymous person who isn't qualified to offer an opinion, let alone run a spell checker?

Let's measure the impact Sarcozy's desire had on similar situations where covering one's mouth and nose was indicated:

Black Death (mid-1300s) - not triggered by a hijab ban
Spanish Flu (1918) - not triggered by a hijab ban
SARS (2002) - not triggered by a hijab ban

In fact, the introduction of surgical masks in hospitals (1897) as part of disease control was also not triggered by a hijab ban. It was doctors finally acknowledging that airborne disease transmission could be limited by blocking your mouth and nose.

Oh yes. Nun's habits? Not triggered by swine flu.

Perhaps the writer started from same place as Pat Robertson claiming Haitians made a deal with the devil - ignorance, hate, lack of education, and generally being an idiot.

Western countries have a problem with what the niqaab represents in our culture - a cut-off of essential humanity, subjugation, and sexism. Eastern countries also have a problem, as do the northern and southern ones. In fact, so do quite a few Muslims.

There are so many kinds of wrong in this e-mail I don't know how to express it. So I'll just say to the original writer, put down the keyboard, step away from the monitor, and go back to living in your 7th century cave.