Ramadan on Luna or in the Arctic Circle?

[ReptilianPeon]

When you see reports of people (children in this case) fainting from a lack of water, you know Ramadan is upon us. Or how about this: Ramadan fast in UK 'should be shortened' says scholar. Spare a thought for people in the Arctic Circle who would die of thirst before Ramadan is over. Allah never said the further away from Earth's Equator you live the less you have to fast so people are obviously interpreting scrupture to suit their own desires.

In my opinion, retrofitting the Quran is sign that it has already failed but the religionists don't want to admit that. Allah (Muhammad) never talked about how Ramadan on the moon would be impossible or how prayer towards Mecca is really only possible if you live close enough to the Kaaba.

If you live on the Earth's moon you often can't pray towards Mecca. It's tidally locked to the Earth so there's no sunrise or sunset so you can't fast for Ramadan and your Salat will fail (because it's dependent on the position of the sun in the sky). Knowing this, I feel extremely insulted when people try to tell me the Quran is miraculous.

[Aoi Magi]

Don't worry, if we ever manage to get off this piece of rock, this would be a nice excuse to let the turbanheads stay back...after all praying is more important than survival.

[Nope]

I just finished the article about children fainting. Some Muslims are upset that there is a negative story about his religion and think that the parents should have been told quietly. 

If you aren't feeding your child through the day and they faint or can't learn at school then you shouldn't have custody of those children. It doesn't matter if you are abusing your children for religious reasons or not.

[Anomalocaris]

Minor quibble.  The moon's rotation being tidally locked with the earth means there would be no earth rise or earth set, and the earth would be more or less fixed in the sky anywhere on the moon.

There would still be sun rise and sun set.   There would just be 14 days between them.  A long, nearly lethal time to fast even if you are permitted to drink.

[Longhorn]

Well that's just fucking bullshit.

Starving and dehydrating your children like that, it goes against all parental instincts.... unless your brain's been turned to mush by blindly following no more practical religious traditions like sheep

and of course, the holy outrage when *negative* attention is drawn to your precious death cult...disgusting

[robvalue]

"Where's the harm?" they cry. Add this to the pile. Sickening. How can a parent care more about an undemonstrated magical being than the children they are entirely responsible for?

[Marsellus Wallace]

When I was 9-13 years old, my mother only told me to fast till noon or a little before afternoon. I love you, mom <3

[Exian]

Bit off topic, but this came to mind reading this thread:

Are the religious more likely to stay behind if we're able to get off this planet? Also, the thought occurred to me that with two separate planets being inhabited by humans, it will be the first time in history that we could be at war with two superpowers and NOT have mutually assured destruction as a deterrent.

This thought followed from the idea of a planet inhabited mainly by theists, and their taste for war.

[Minimalist]

Allah never said the further away from Earth's Equator you live the less you have to fast

I wonder why fucking allah didn't get that?





Oh, right.

[Longhorn]

Except for the flood.

Oh wait, that never fucking happened.