astronauts
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Topic: astronauts
Posted By: Caringheart
Subject: astronauts
Date Posted: 12 November 2015 at 2:36pm
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I was watching a show today that raised an interesting question... Can a muslim ever be an astronaut? In zero gravity he would not be able to bow down to pray... In outer space, would he be able to face Mecca.... and would it even still be relevant? Does being a muslim preclude participating in the sciences of space? ------------- Let us seek Truth together Blessed be God forever "I believe in Jesus as I believe in the sun... not because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else.: - C.S.Lewis |
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Posted By: Tim the plumber
Date Posted: 13 November 2015 at 12:36am
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I don't see any problem with knowing which way Mecca is. Given the view you would surely often be able to see exactly where it is. |
Posted By: airmano
Date Posted: 13 November 2015 at 4:39am
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_space - This issue was already addressed and "solved".
Airmano ------------- The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses (Albert Einstein 1954, in his "Gods Letter") |
Posted By: abuayisha
Date Posted: 13 November 2015 at 7:30am
| "It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, but righteous is the one who believes in Allah, and the Last Day, and the angels and the Book and the prophets, and gives away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask and to set slaves free and keeps up prayer and pays the poor-rate; and the performers of their promise when they make a promise, and the patient in distress and affliction and in the time of conflict. These are they who are truthful; and these are they who keep their duty." Ch. 2:177 |
Posted By: Caringheart
Date Posted: 13 November 2015 at 11:58am
 Greetings abuayisha,So I guess they could pursue a career in space.  ------------- Let us seek Truth together Blessed be God forever "I believe in Jesus as I believe in the sun... not because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else.: - C.S.Lewis |
abuayisha wrote:Posted By: abuayisha
Date Posted: 14 November 2015 at 8:31am
| http://www.muslimworldjournal.com/2015/02/how-muslim-astronauts-pray-in-space/ |
Posted By: Abu Loren
Date Posted: 15 November 2015 at 3:36pm
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Apparently no REAL astronauts exists! All make believe. ------------- La Ilaha IllAllah |
Posted By: Matt Browne
Date Posted: 16 November 2015 at 6:14am
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There can be problems with knowing which way Mecca is, for example near neutron stars or black holes. ------------- A religion that's intolerant of other religions can't be the world's best religion --Abdel Samad Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people--Eleanor Roosevelt |
Posted By: Tim the plumber
Date Posted: 08 January 2016 at 2:09pm
If you are that close to one of those you are probably already dead. Such a situation will not arrise for many times a longer period than the the time between Mohamed and now. |
Posted By: Matt Browne
Date Posted: 17 January 2016 at 8:00am
Well, close is okay, but not too close. Binary systems are cool places for Dyson slingshots saving lots of fuel. ------------- A religion that's intolerant of other religions can't be the world's best religion --Abdel Samad Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people--Eleanor Roosevelt |