January 2012
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Old Time Sci-Fi
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An Atheist vs. An Imam
Atheist: Can your Lord fit the entire universe into an egg without making the egg any bigger and the universe any smaller?
Imam Jafar As-Sadiq: I would like you to look at the sky, and at that bird in the sky, and at that tree, and at all those people who have gathered around us and now look at me.
Atheist: I see them all.
Imam Jafar As-Sadiq: If Allah can fit all of those things inside the tiny pupil of your eye, do you think that he cannot fit the universe into an egg?
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Between Intolerance and Accomodation, Between...
“Written during the last five to six years of al-Ghazali’s life, (Faisal al-Tafriqah) reflects the concerns and frustrations of a man deeply troubled by the debilitating effects of both theological intolerance and theological laissez-faire. While theological intolerance sapped the community’s ability to accommodate plausible theological differences, theological laissez-faire...
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Now, Practically Everybody Is A Customer
“In the last two centuries, our traditional culture has been under increasing pressure from mass culture, a conflict which has reached its greatest intensity in this country. The market for cultural products has steadily broadened until by now practically everybody is a customer. This is something new in history and it has had novel effects. As the masses have become more and more educated,...
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Elegant.
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C7#5b9, C7#5#9, C7b5b9, C7b5#9 - expanding Alt...
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Knowing Which Is Which
اجتهادك فيما ضمن لك و تقصير فيما طلب منك دليل على انطماس البصيرة منك
“Striving for what has been provided [also read ‘not concerning you’] for you while falling short in that which is demanded of you, is proof of the incomprehensibleness of your ability to perceive.” - Ibn ‘Ata Allah.
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“This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like...”
– Turjan of Miir. The Dying Earth by Jack Vance.
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Lord British, written by Kenneth W. Arnold....
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Living Within Your Means
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