"The earth is flat, and anyone who disputes this claim is an atheist who deserves to be punished."
[Muslim religious edict, 1993 Sheik Abdel-Aziz Ibn Baaz Supreme religious authority, Saudi Arabia]
2006-07-26 02:43:41 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Does it frighten you to know that men like this are in positions of power and influence? There are plenty of people who aren't far removed from this level of ignorance, currently pulling strings in the American government, also.
And people ask me why I can't just "let people believe what works for them"...
2006-07-26 02:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes indeed the earth is very very flat. Supporting land and water on both sides. If you are in a boat and reach the edge you will simply continue on the other side. Christopher Columbus proved this years ago. More yet, anyone who has been to the Space Station can clearly see that the earth is one big round flat disc.
This theroy is also supported by the makers of Frisbee. The flying disc. If the earth was a sphere the Frisbee wouldn't fly. Think about it brother.
2006-07-26 09:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funnily, Christopher Columbus was also called an atheist when he asked the Catholic Church if he could sail to the giant waterfalls at the end of the earth. Maybe if he'd listened to the current religious propaganda he wouldn't have found gold and changed the way peaceful Mayans and Incas lived.
Hey! Maybe his followers ARE being punished!
Interesting!
Thank you!
2006-07-26 09:50:20 · answer #3 · answered by canguroargentino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i love it when some religious nut job thinks thats true but in reality the earth is round and so are the planets in the galaxy we can all say anyone believes that should get smacked with science a few times since we all know there is proof of the world being a orb not a flat surface
2006-07-26 09:47:35 · answer #4 · answered by gabriel_the_archangel777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does this man really speak for all of Islam (excluding Osama and Fiends...)? Then again did said quotation actually come from him?
Only a religious intolerant imbecile would believe this. This runs counter to all the evidence that we have seen in the past hundreds of years...I mean if he wants to believe it fine by me let him live in his own pit...but this Islamic fool is imposing a lie to the rest of the rational and sane Muslims throughout the world...
2006-07-26 09:50:46 · answer #5 · answered by betterdeadthansorry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the earth is viewed on a cartographer's map laying on a flat surface it really is flat. If this uneducated man believes the earth is a flat plane floating in the universe and chooses to perpetuate his ignorance on his followers then that's his choice and his followers' misfortune.
2006-07-26 09:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by Twigless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not and you can see from the pictures taken from space that it isn't. It seems to me that what your saying is that all Muslims buy what this one Sheik said as fact...Not the case...vast majority know that the earth is a sphere. PEACE!
2006-07-26 09:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The christian church did'nt accept that the earth is round until 1983. So they're both used to sitting at the back of the short bus.
2006-07-26 09:54:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read that once a long time ago. It's funny and scary at the same time.
Even though, it seems some people here are missing the point of your "question".
As someone said once, irony and sarcasm biggest problem is that they usually go unnoticed.
2006-07-26 10:59:03 · answer #9 · answered by Oedipus Schmoedipus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everybody who believes in a god believes in the SAME god, so someone who doesn't believe that the earth is flat and who believes in evolution doesn't have to be an atheist.
2006-07-26 09:48:01 · answer #10 · answered by professionaleccentric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋