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April 15, 2007
This From A Religious Leader in Malaysia
We don't want to promote a belief in the supernatural and in superstition, which we do not know about.
These are part of a statement by Abdul Shukor Husain, chairman of Malaysia's National Fatwa Council. While he was referring to an exhibition featuring ghosts and genies, it's hard not to see more than a little irony in his remark. I suppose he wanted to contrast beliefs that he somehow does know about with those that he doesn't. But unless he said more than is quoted, he sure didn't make his point. He did make another even more important point but I'm quite sure he didn't intend it.
It reminds me a little of what Mark Twain wrote for "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" at the beginning of Chapter 12 of Following the Equator,
There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous and shallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said "Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
You can read the whole story on Yahoo News.
Posted by Duane Smith at April 15, 2007 3:23 PM | Read more on Religion |
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He also said:
"They are beyond the comprehension of the human mind as they involve the invisible world,"
I get the impression that he believes that they exist, but we just can't comprehend what they are. It doesn't make sense.
Posted by: Aydin at April 16, 2007 1:26 PM
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