Muslims Call To Replace Gmt
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 10:18pm |
 Coolness: 686515 | And in the realm of WTF once again...
Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers. The call was issued at a conference held in the Gulf state of Qatar under the title: Mecca, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice. One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north. He said the English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world by force when Britain was a big colonial power, and it was about time that changed. Mecca watch A prominent cleric, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawy, said modern science had at last provided evidence that Mecca was the true centre of the Earth; proof, he said, of the greatness of the Muslim "qibla" - the Arabic word for the direction Muslims turn to when they pray. The meeting also reviewed what has been described as a Mecca watch, the brainchild of a French Muslim. The watch is said to rotate anti-clockwise and is supposed to help Muslims determine the direction of Mecca from any point on Earth. The meeting in Qatar is part of a popular trend in some Muslim societies of seeking to find Koranic precedents for modern science. It is called "Ijaz al-Koran", which roughly translates as the "miraculous nature of the holy text". The underlying belief is that scientific truths were also revealed in the Muslim holy book, and it is the work of scholars to unearth and publicise the textual evidence. But the movement is not without its critics, who say that the notion that modern science was revealed in the Koran confuses spiritual truth, which is constant, and empirical truth, which depends on the state of science at any given point in time. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 10:33pm |
 Coolness: 266880 | I just read that sentence in black
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Anarkoid replied on Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 11:50pm |
 Coolness: 193600 | Is it me or something here does not make sens....they want to use Mecca because "Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north.". Why would it matter if it is in alignement to the magnetic north, it is really the geographic one the is important!!!
Why can't religions just listen to reason once in a while? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Wizdumb replied on Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 11:58pm |
 Coolness: 123235 | that's the true question |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 9:11am |
 Coolness: 295900 | religion != reason |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 9:24am |
 Coolness: 179570 | sadly. ugh. -__-
and, err, I don't understand the "aligned with magnetic North" thingie... Since the magnetic North is well, North, you can draw lines coming from it toward every countries, no? And anyways, that thing moves with time, now it's still in Canada, but eventually it's gonna be in Russia. so wtf. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 11:47am |
 Coolness: 153930 | hahahaha, hey basdini, what do you have to say about this? =P |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 9:58pm |
 Coolness: 146125 | well if you are asking my opinion...
having gmt in the uk is arbitrary, so is moving it to mecca, they're not the first to want to move it...when it was first created i think the french wanted it in paris...i think durring the cold war the russians wanted it to be moscow... it's probobly never gonna change, it's just convention though, there is no reason to have it one place over another, too much of a pain to change it now i guess |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 10:02pm |
| Coolness: 266880 | Why are people asking your specific opinion in all the news threads, ian. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 11:10pm |
| Coolness: 146125 | i hope it's because they think i'm well informed. but probobly not tho... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 11:15pm |
| Coolness: 266880 | Hahaha, probably, seems every time there's a thread about the middle east, people are clamouring for your POV. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 10:10am |
| Coolness: 153930 | i asked because when it comes down to religion, he allways has a POV, as i appove or not, i like to hear peoples pov, and even if we usually dont think the same way, he still can bring interesting things in discussions, so it is nothing bad about him =) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue Apr 29, 2008 @ 1:44am |
 Coolness: 202150 | I don't think that a city that only allows one particular religion in it should be the center of anything. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Tue Apr 29, 2008 @ 9:05am |
| Coolness: 146125 | ^what about the center of 'intolerance' hmmmmmmm, gotcha there scotty. :p |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Sun May 4, 2008 @ 6:40pm |
| Coolness: 202150 | hmm.. center of intolerance.. yeah that could work |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Sat May 10, 2008 @ 9:10am |
 Coolness: 94420 | Originally Posted By SCOTTYP
I don't think that a city that only allows one particular religion in it should be the center of anything. i think someones jealous that hes not cool enuf to be allowed into mecca |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue May 13, 2008 @ 12:11pm |
| Coolness: 202150 | well I'm not part of the right cult |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Tue May 13, 2008 @ 9:23pm |
| Coolness: 146125 | yes thats right scott, you re part of the cult of whinny white people bitching and complaining about other people. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue May 13, 2008 @ 10:46pm |
| Coolness: 202150 | people of all colours bitch and complain now |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Wed May 14, 2008 @ 1:33am |
| Coolness: 94420 | Scots angry cuz his gas money goes to arabs who won't let him inside mecca |
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