11-04-2004, 11:23 PM
Akhi,
People who weren't burdened with reading novels, solving advanced mathematical algorithms and creating a more sanirary environment (yes, Mesopotamians had toilets)....had to pass time somehow.
Why not chase lizards? The Arabs looked out in all directions of the desert and saw lizards more advanced than themselves..lizards could at least scurry away from their turds..but not the Arabs...and you want to talk to me about how superior their language is?
Any semblance of civilization they were able to obtain came as a direct result of leaving the desert and joining their Semitic brethren whom they conquered. They learned how to bathe themselves, read, write, do math on something other than their 12 fingers, and how to flush a toilet.
Yes, they've come a long way. By the time the Islamic empire was centered in Baghdad (in Mesopotamia), the most advanced city of its time, they had (no thanks to themselves) built a magnificent civilization....on the backs of those whom they conquered who, in return for their necks, taught them everything they needed to know. Notice: the center of that magnificent civilization was in Mesopotamia, not the deserts of Arabia. They were Mesopotamians who had been forced into Islam by the conquerers.
And what was Muhammad's biggest contribution to mankind? That he came out of his tent one day and yelled "There is no God but God?"
Woo-hoo! Thanks for filling us in, nobody (especially not the Jews and Christians surrounding him in all directions) had figured that out before!
And you call him a "prophet?" The meaning of the word is one who prophesies. Did he prophesy anything that we know came to pass?
Sorry Akhi, I'm not impressed.
People who weren't burdened with reading novels, solving advanced mathematical algorithms and creating a more sanirary environment (yes, Mesopotamians had toilets)....had to pass time somehow.
Why not chase lizards? The Arabs looked out in all directions of the desert and saw lizards more advanced than themselves..lizards could at least scurry away from their turds..but not the Arabs...and you want to talk to me about how superior their language is?
Any semblance of civilization they were able to obtain came as a direct result of leaving the desert and joining their Semitic brethren whom they conquered. They learned how to bathe themselves, read, write, do math on something other than their 12 fingers, and how to flush a toilet.
Yes, they've come a long way. By the time the Islamic empire was centered in Baghdad (in Mesopotamia), the most advanced city of its time, they had (no thanks to themselves) built a magnificent civilization....on the backs of those whom they conquered who, in return for their necks, taught them everything they needed to know. Notice: the center of that magnificent civilization was in Mesopotamia, not the deserts of Arabia. They were Mesopotamians who had been forced into Islam by the conquerers.
And what was Muhammad's biggest contribution to mankind? That he came out of his tent one day and yelled "There is no God but God?"
Woo-hoo! Thanks for filling us in, nobody (especially not the Jews and Christians surrounding him in all directions) had figured that out before!
And you call him a "prophet?" The meaning of the word is one who prophesies. Did he prophesy anything that we know came to pass?
Sorry Akhi, I'm not impressed.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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