(July 27, 2011 at 5:59 pm)bozo Wrote: In the UK we have a publicly funded television company, the BBC. In its wisdom, it recently showed 3 hourly programmes entitled " The Life of Muhammad " and the presenter was a respected media journalist Rageh Ommar. I forced myself to watch.....I found it hard going, to say the least. Ommar, in a preview to the series, was asked if he was a " practising muslim ". His answer was that he was a muslim. To me that means he's not totally convinced, but another muslim can perhaps offer an opinion on that.
It was filmed out in Arabia, desert landscapes, palatial mosques, mysterious sounding musak for effect and an ever so serious and deferential presenter.
It was also full of talking heads from the world of predominantly muslim academia but also British authors on the subject of his life ( nice publicity for them ) spouting their holy bullshit ad nauseam.
And, of course, the premise is that god exists, no doubt was expressed or evidence provided, the viewer was expected to take that for granted and also that Muhammad was his chosen " prophet ".
It told of his " revelations ", again, in such a way that no doubt was open to the viewer of the authenticity of these outrageous pieces of superstitious nonsense.
The height of absurdity for me was when some islamist holy man, commenting on the flight Muhammad is supposed to have made over extreme distance in no time to meet up with god and other prophets, offered this gem: " the fact that it is unbelievable is what makes us believe ".
In short, it was a pr exercise for islam, paid for by the British taxpayer. At the very least, it should have been the subject of some crtical appraisal . I'd love to think it will be followed up in such a way, perhaps with Richard Dawkins taking part.
Finally, what attraction there is in islam is beyond me. Dressing wierd, looking wierd, acting wierd..prostrating yourself 5 times a day in prayer, for fuck's sake if you sleep 8 hours a day this means praying every 3 hours! They're welcome to it, silly fuckers!
I think I watched bits of that documentary series when it aired on the ABC here in Australia some time back.
Anyway I wish the scholars would put the Qur'an under the pretty through scientific examination they have given to the bible. If that was done, people might start doubting if the Prophet Muhammad every existed at all.
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