Comments on: Arab Atheist http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/ Atheism with Positivity Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:55:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Salahudin http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-62924 Salahudin Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:49:34 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/#comment-62924 Ohhhh hello! I see HeIsSailing and Karen have already introduced us! LOL! aww thanks! Yup, the Towelians are around and have been for a year and half... and will continue to be so! :) We are part of the Muslim world's social and professional fabric too, including some journalists in mass media institutions etc! Drop by and take a look: http://towelianism.wordpress.com Ohhhh hello! I see HeIsSailing and Karen have already introduced us! LOL! aww thanks!

Yup, the Towelians are around and have been for a year and half… and will continue to be so!

:)

We are part of the Muslim world’s social and professional fabric too, including some journalists in mass media institutions etc!

Drop by and take a look:

http://towelianism.wordpress.com

]]> By: Karen http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-43028 Karen Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:57:26 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/#comment-43028 Yay! This is the second encouraging sign I've seen recently (along with the towelians) that people in the Islamic world are questioning their ancestral faith and standing up for reason, much as people in the West are doing. I'm really happy to hear about it. :-) Yay! This is the second encouraging sign I’ve seen recently (along with the towelians) that people in the Islamic world are questioning their ancestral faith and standing up for reason, much as people in the West are doing. I’m really happy to hear about it. :-)

]]> By: HeIsSailing http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-43026 HeIsSailing Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:46:19 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/#comment-43026 Apparently, there is a small but growing movement among Muslims who seriously question their own faith. Salahudin is a member and contributor of the blogsite towelianism, which is much like our own agnosticatheism site, but geared toward Islam. As an apostate Muslim from Pakistan, Salahudin shares some very interesting perspectives, and like Esra, his reasons for leaving Islam closely mirrors my own with Christianity. Check them out here: http://towelianism.wordpress.com/ Apparently, there is a small but growing movement among Muslims who seriously question their own faith. Salahudin is a member and contributor of the blogsite towelianism, which is much like our own agnosticatheism site, but geared toward Islam. As an apostate Muslim from Pakistan, Salahudin shares some very interesting perspectives, and like Esra, his reasons for leaving Islam closely mirrors my own with Christianity. Check them out here:

http://towelianism.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Mriana http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-42998 Mriana Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:54:00 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/#comment-42998 It does seem he has a lot of the same complaints I have with Christianity. Not all are the same of course and he is right people think Arab, they also think Muslim and vise versa. You know, maybe it's time I rethink my idea that Christianity has no culture with it. If Judaism and Muslim have a cultural background why is it I think Christianity, another Abrahamic religion, does not? What gave me that idea? I'm sure there are a lot of other questions I should ask myself concerning that idea, but those are for starters. I could even go outside the Abrahamic religions and see cultural identity in other religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhaism. So, what makes me think Christianity is exclusive as a non-cultural religion? Maybe there is something to Epstien's Cultural Humanism after all and maybe I should reconsider my thoughts before I turn my nose up at it. At least read his book when it comes out, if nothing else. Sorry, this interview/article got me to thinking. I could be dangerous when I think. :lol: It does seem he has a lot of the same complaints I have with Christianity. Not all are the same of course and he is right people think Arab, they also think Muslim and vise versa. You know, maybe it’s time I rethink my idea that Christianity has no culture with it. If Judaism and Muslim have a cultural background why is it I think Christianity, another Abrahamic religion, does not? What gave me that idea? I’m sure there are a lot of other questions I should ask myself concerning that idea, but those are for starters. I could even go outside the Abrahamic religions and see cultural identity in other religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhaism. So, what makes me think Christianity is exclusive as a non-cultural religion?

Maybe there is something to Epstien’s Cultural Humanism after all and maybe I should reconsider my thoughts before I turn my nose up at it. At least read his book when it comes out, if nothing else.

Sorry, this interview/article got me to thinking. I could be dangerous when I think. :lol:

]]> By: Kelly http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-42989 Kelly Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:33:31 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/06/15/arab-atheist/#comment-42989 I found this very interesting. <blockquote>Politics is our weakness and Islam is just an excuse that many of our governments successfully get away with. </blockquote> I found this very interesting.

Politics is our weakness and Islam is just an excuse that many of our governments successfully get away with.

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