atheists please?

Question

i watched this video....pretty interesting........convinced me

What do you guys think?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-811321280634119479&q=eye+opener


Start watching the video at 3:42!!!

its not long at all...like 15 min..

atheists....start watching the video when it reaches 3:42

Answer 1

I watched the first ten minutes of it and found it interesting but I'm Christian also. I can tell by the Atheist above me they didn't watch it, they have very short attention span's.

I saved it and will watch the rest later, he is a very smart man.

Thank you Hi, I enjoy learning anything. Take Care Bud

Answer 2

Wow. He uses the same analogy as that of the watch maker by Cicero. It's not a new argument. A counter argument would be -- Which god made that? Because from the billions of people on this planet, there are THOUSANDS of gods to choose from. How does he know it's Allah or his god? What about JHWH? (which, I think he'd call Allah as well)

How about the Hindu gods? Or (he's not a god but...) Buddha? What about the gods Zeus, Apollo or Aphrodite? Could they not have made this technology? Which god produced that machinery?

What about a previous race that destroyed itself with this technology? After all, it's proven that we, the human species, aren't the first to inhabit this earth. Could it be that a race like ourselves built it and we found it through archeology? The Egyptians, the Mayans and the Incas all were technically (for their time) savvy.

The quotes from the Koran he throws at you -- so what? It's based upon interpretation. I'm sure, if I scour the BiBULL (or in this case, the Koran), I could interpret thousands of passages to deliver the messages I WANT them to deliver.

In the end, it's all crap and he's just spouting off like an evangelical speaker.

Thump away Muslim preacher.. Thump away.

Answer 3

Okay. I watched it all the way through. I'm unimpressed. There is not a single thing that he mentioned that has not been postulated prior to the Koran somewhere else in the world. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.

Consider: The ancient library at Alexandria in Egypt housed the largest collection of written knowledge in the known world prior to the writing of the Koran. Given it's location in the Middle East, it is not a great stretch to suspect that some of the knowledge in the Koran was also in the library prior to it's destruction.

It is unknown exactly when the library was destroyed, however one date under suspicion is the year 642. The suspected culprit? Islam. The destruction of the library coincides with the birth of Islam with a close enough proximity in the historical record and geographical location as to bring a great deal of scrutiny by historians.

Since most of the texts at Alexandria were destroyed completely, it is entirely unknown what knowledge they contained. What better way to expand a new faith than to destroy the basis of it's knowledge and claim that knowledge as religious inspiration?

Now, this is simply one possible scenario. However, given the time-lines and the topic, it is just as plausible a scenario as Muhammed's invisible friend Allah inspiring the knowledge in the Koran.

Furthermore, in answer to the witchdoctors repeated question "Who could know these things 1400 years ago" It is unknown exactly what who knew 1400 years ago. Since the largest repository of human knowledge may well have been destroyed by Islam during the early years of the religion, it is likely that no one will ever know what truly inspired Muhammed.

-SD-

Answer 4

Jesus! How many of you are going to post this same video clip. I see nothing of value in it. It's one man giving his interpretation of a book that is thousands of years old. There is no evidence presented for anything, it's all just parable. If you're going to convince atheists of anything, you will need something much stronger than a sermon.

Answer 5

What the heck did it actually convince you of? You are already a believer of Islam, all you did was freakin agree with it! I watched a little and honestly can't even understand half of what this man is saying. If it's to do with his religion, I'm not going to be convinced of anyone's beliefs but mine!

Answer 6

If you're so interested in convincing us, you should make it easier for us. Tell us about it, rather than having us spend 15 minutes of our lives watching something YOU are interested in.

Answer 7

I think that my job is half done. The Muslims are already convinced that all the other gods are false. I just have to convince them of the other half, that Allah is also a false god.

Answer 8

Bah. "She is wearing Western clothing with the mini skirt". I quit listening after that. Where does he get the gall to assume every Westerner wears mini skirts? And there is no proof that the one in skimpy clothing has a greater chance of being hurt.

Answer 9

This is not for atheist! why for atheist? this guy is talking about implementing Islam in America, what the f***
covering women in burka (spelling!?) !

I heard that and I have heard enough!

P.S
You are a muslim who is representing Islam on tis pages as great religion!
think, people have checked your profile....

Answer 10

...just a Muslim interpretation of the Koran, the same thing as the Bible.......sounds VERY evangelistic to me.............