The charismatic Ahmadi Muslim duo at Rational Religion recently published a dialogue on the prevalence of the espoused position, “spiritual but not religious”. My brief thoughts on their statements and this topic, follow. Here’s the original video, in full, from the Rational Religion channel. I’ve posted a comment on YouTube, which I’m re-stating here and […]
The Uncaused Cause, Prayer and Commitment Cycles
The website EndOfAtheism.com, which has been rebranded to RationalReligion.co.uk, had put out a video in 2014 entitled, Who Created God? Who Made God? Where Did God Come From? ‘The God Delusion’ Refuted. The site’s content and videos are produced by Ahmadiyya Muslims. Their original branding of “End of Atheism” was in response to Sam Harris’ popular book, […]
Ahmadi Muslim asks Hani Tahir why Allah Wasn’t Asked for Guidance
In mid-2016, Hani Tahir, a prominent Arabic speaking Ahmadi Muslim left the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He’s made a series of videos. Here’s one that generated a lot of comments. I’ve responded to some of the comments in this video, including this one from Daud Nasir, where he asks: why didn’t you asked Allah for guidance? […]
Selecting and Rejecting Early Islamic Historical Accounts
This is a follow up to a Twitter conversation. My additional thoughts follow. The Qur’an doesn’t speak to many important topics, like the number of daily prayers, the method of prayer, nor the crime of rape — as a few of many, many examples. Muslims end up going to traditions and historical biographies to fill […]