(February 23, 2011 at 4:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: I'm afraid he is right Rayaan...from an outsider's perspective muslims virtually 'worship' the ground muhammad walked on aka Mecca. And the edict to make the "pilgrimage" (sorry I don't know the correct term for it) to Mecca just reinforces it. It really isn't that different to xtians making the pilgrimage to Jerusalem's' "holy sites" or a jews pilgrimage to "the wailing wall"
It cracks me up when I read about these idiots making their pilgrimage (which involves stupidity like throwing pebbles at a post to symbolize their rejection of "Satan") and invariably there is a stampede that kills dozens of people at one of their shrines. Yeah, you take your family to a "holy" place and you have to worry about getting stomped to death by people rushing to the next attraction. It's like Disney World in reverse.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
