I often come across Ahmadi Muslims in social media scoffing at the idea of a multiverse. For example: .@ReasonOnFaith If you’re agnostic anything, it means the multiverse theory could potentially appeal to you. — Bureau Francophone (@islam_et_media) April 25, 2016 Here’s another example from the July 2009 issue of the Ahmadiyya Jama’at’s publication, the Review […]
Exhausting Rational Argument with Ahmadi Muslims
This post was inspired by a few intertwined Twitter threads, such as this one. .@islam_et_media Why do you assume anyone who doesn’t share your beliefs has closed their mind? Again, this is an assumption on your part. — Reason on Faith (@ReasonOnFaith) September 5, 2016 In critiquing scripture, Islam, the claims of Ahmadiyyat, etc., I’ve […]
Jalsa Salana Numbers as a Proxy for Ahmadi Muslim Jama’at Convert Numbers
In response to a YouTube comment about the membership numbers of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I posted the following comment. Note that this is regarding the video put out by Hani Tahir, a recent ex-Ahmadi Muslim (appears to still be a practicing Muslim of a non-denominational variety). This video talks about the saga of the […]
Limited Effectiveness of Back and Forth on Twitter
This is a follow up to some friendly twitter conversation I had with Ahmadi Muslim, @LatifJunayd. It however, serves as a useful general message I can refer others to in the future, who wish to engage at length on Twitter, when that is not my preferred medium (it’s just not efficient). Even if you’re not […]
Ahmadiyyat: Abiogenesis and Natural Explanations
This post is a continuation of a discussion on Twitter, which you can access here. Atheists take the process as naturalistic, but one whose mechanisms we don’t currently and may never understand. My understanding is that Ahmadi Muslims would not deny the jump from inorganic to organic matter, but that where the atheist would suggest an […]