tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post6808041072670376171..comments2023-12-19T15:10:02.866-08:00Comments on ex cathedra: WowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-33860988153949176232011-10-14T19:11:24.625-07:002011-10-14T19:11:24.625-07:00In a related story, the American Atheist society r...In a related story, the American Atheist society released a public statement declaring "There is no God, but Muhammad would be His Prophet."<br /><br />--NathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-45552745237246146302011-10-14T11:22:21.407-07:002011-10-14T11:22:21.407-07:00"Mustaqim" sc I'm mistake[js4165 a.k..."Mustaqim" sc I'm mistake[js4165 a.k.a. golem]?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-11365349563549324212011-10-14T11:20:10.046-07:002011-10-14T11:20:10.046-07:00P.S. Didn't Simon and Garfunkle sing that your...P.S. Didn't Simon and Garfunkle sing that your bridge over troubled waters is the Sirat al-Mustaqim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-78198019928695236802011-10-14T11:16:41.167-07:002011-10-14T11:16:41.167-07:00»Do you suppose that the magnanimous[?] God of hea...»Do you suppose that the magnanimous[?] God of heaven and earth—pagans and everything included—can possibly be jealous of an insignificant piece of black wood? Impossible!<br /><br />»But what is worship?—to do the will of God—THAT is worship. And what is the will of God?—to do to my fellow man what I would have my fellow man to do to me—THAT is the will of God.<br /><br />»Now, Queequeg is my fellow man. And what do I wish this Queequeg would do to me? Why, unite with me in my particular Presbyterian[elder-worship, ancestor-worship Traditionalism] form of worship. Consequently, I must then unite with him in his; ergo, I must turn idolater.<br /><br />»So I kindled the shavings; help'd prop up the innocent little idol; offered him burnt biscuit with Queequeg; salaam'd before him twice or thrice; kiss'd his nose; and that done, we undress'd and went to bed, at peace with our consciences and all the world.«<br /><br />Moby-Dick, chapter 10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com