http://razib.talkislam.info There is no god Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:05:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en a thought: judaism as we understand is a creation of christianity. judaism as it was for the past 2,000 years was mostly a christian (and muslim) creation. as some of you might know before the year 300 or so there were many judaisms. specifically there was a difference between what ... http://razib.talkislam.info/2008/10/02/judaism-then-and-now/ Religion is a human construct. Religion means many things. Religion manifests on the level of the human mind, derived from innate presuppositions, intuitions and biases.  In other words, the human mind naturally believes that the world is filled with supernatural agents and powers. Religion manifests on the level of the society.  Tribes pray ... http://razib.talkislam.info/2008/09/18/on-religion/ but i think a common sense reality here is that the "ism" temptation is a structural outcome of the nature of our lived experiences as people.  the specific orientalism which said pointed to was only an element in the larger set of social phenomena.  it is basically the fact that ... http://razib.talkislam.info/2008/07/25/the-ism-temptation/ Thabet mentioned the spread of Salafism among British Muslims. Of course most of you know that North Indian Islam has an indigenous form 'reformist' Islam, Deobandism, which is not in intents all that different from Salafism. But the majority of North Indians are 'traditionalist' Barelvis, a variant of Hanafism.  Despite ... http://razib.talkislam.info/2008/05/11/a-wrong-track-for-western-islam/ ...but there will always be a prophet.ShareThis http://razib.talkislam.info/2008/04/09/hello-world/