The Compassion of Bilal Philips
Reply #9 - December 13, 2012, 04:32 PM
I have noticed many religious authorities, are not interested in defending religion nor educating the believers, as much as targeting the believers who would fall Pray for ignorance. If you notice his tonality and body gestures when he said, "Genius Mathematician....university...etc" It's clearly said in a sarcastic tonality. It's almost like an embedded question "You might be a genius, but you're a fool to not believe in God. Do you think you're smarter than the all of us ? You don't have god, you miserable scientist"...something along those lines. Whatever Bilal meant, he did not mean to compliment these amazing minds by calling them "Genius". The voice tonality says it all. He makes it sound that Hawkins is an atheist Only because of his spinal condition and he was treated unfairly by god (pre-supposing god exists) . What better way to plant a seed in the believer's mind to make great men like Hawkins and Dawkins look weak. He is painting a wrong picture of these great minds. This is misleading the Muslims from exploring the works of Dawkins and Hawkins. I feel sorry for the listeners who accept these nonsense without question.