Empire of Faith

Good people should be braver than bad people. Educated minds should be braver than ignorants. Believers should be braver than nonbelievers...
From the documentary "Empire of Faith". Briefly who Muslims are/were... http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• God
• Science
• History
• Atheism
• Nonbeliever
• Faith

[M3PanoS]

:50 It was Muslim scholars who reclaimed the ancient wisdom of the Greeks while Europe languished in the Dark Ages? Yea, and it was also the Muslims that destroyed the Library of Alexandria, which propagated the Dark Ages in the first place.

And for the record, Dark Ages don't mean particularly dismal times but rather times with little historical recording, making them 'dark' to historians investigating the period.

[paralaks]

@M3PanoS "story is now generally discredited, chiefly because it rests only on the authority of Abulpharagius, a writer six centuries later, while earlier writers, especially Eutychius and Elmacin, make no mention of it. Besides, the act is contrary to Mohammedan custom; John Philoponos lived about a century before the capture of the city, and the statement of the time the rolls lasted as fuel is preposterous. Finally, there is the evidence given above for the earlier destruction of the library"

[paralaks]

@M3PanoS That was from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Date of destruction is disputed. Perpetrator is disputed. Reason and/or account of destructin is unknown/disputed.

[M3PanoS]

@paralaks Ok, you're right, the source of the destruction is still disputed, so I retract my previous statement -my apologies. 

[paralaks]

@M3PanoS No worries brother. I learned something new ;)

[paralaks]

I hate stupidity more than anything else. As a physicist, as an IT guy, as a human with high morals, as a believer who wants to see the justice of the Creator on earth more than you. I told you to watch the arguments in loose change and I know you did not even watch 5 minutes. David pearl crap is not crap David Pearl, but it is the way you want to interpret. Crap is not to see fascisim is just fascism

Bye highly predictable stereotype! With peace, with love!

[kethib54]

I live in PHX, at least one of the hijackers trained to fly in AZ. He was Muslim. They all claimed to be Muslim. Are they lying? Why do you resort to insult? Is it because your have no logic and no valid argument? Where is your evidence that shows the 19 hijackers were not Muslim. Is Safwat Atta a christian name?

And, then you call 'crap' the murder of David Pearl. I guess you think murder is permitted because he may have been Jewish. Why do you hate so much?

[paralaks]

Muslims has nothing to do with 9/11. If you insist on repeating that bullshit you will be blocked.

I do not even know who david pearl crap is. It is gonna be too smart to comdemn something I have no idea about!. Be rational. Implant some neurons into your skull or discover google. Both will be helpful for you.

[kethib54]

David Pearl was an innocent man who was butchered by Islamic fascist terrorists.

It is clear that Islamic terrorists (Muslims who have extreme views on Jihad) flew the planes into the Pentagon and into the World Trade Centers. Just like they bombed the WWC the first time. And you as others Muslims do not condemn their heinous acts you play ignorant and make excuses. Allah permitted both as long as a Muslim was dealing with an infidel. Jesus said, "Love your enemies". I still prefer love.

[paralaks]

Honestly I do not know much about David Pearl. But 9/11 is not an Islamist attack. FBI announced that they have no evidence connecting Osama with the attacks for instance. In case you wonder, watch loose change director's cut.