tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593970.post8529073492285152104..comments2024-03-20T23:39:12.454-04:00Comments on ANCIENT RITES AND RANTS (AND IMMORTAL BULLSHIT): Laughing Matters And Crying ShamesSecondComingOfBasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593970.post-72025877485574349822009-06-01T07:46:04.127-04:002009-06-01T07:46:04.127-04:00HaHa I call dibs on this. I might reprint this as ...HaHa I call dibs on this. I might reprint this as a post. I'll give you credit for it, of course. Good stuff.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593970.post-6774497054647684332009-06-01T05:57:30.410-04:002009-06-01T05:57:30.410-04:00Talk about your stereotypical preacher's daughter ...Talk about your stereotypical preacher's daughter story.<br /><br />As far as converting the galaxy to Islam, prayers to the broken meteoric iron phallus enshrined in the corner of the Kabaa in Mecca must be carefully aimed. Even on Earth, you just can't face general directions and hope you bullseye the celestial sybian. An entire industry has popped up hawking GPS accurate Islamic prayer directions, so that Muslims on Earth can be reasonably sure their mouths of praise are accurately aligned with the godcock.<br /><br />But leave Earth, and prayer trajectory takes on a new variable. Sure, it's easy to imagine the Earth's spherical surface as flat plane to determine which direction Mecca lies in. How do you do that on another planet?<br /><br />Leave the solar system for another and then you run into relativistic troubles. Prayers emitted at the speed of sound must be carefully aimed so that they arrive on Earth at Mecca. <br /><br />Let's say you're in the Alpha Centauri star system, and you're looking back at Earth through a ginormous telescope nearly 4 and a half light-years away. You'd have to factor in that your view of Earth is where Earth "was" 4.5 years ago, and then aim your prayer to hit Mecca (at the speed of prayer sound) where the Earth "will be" 880,000 years from prayer time.<br /><br />Sounds like a lot of rigmarole to go through just to honor a broken dildo on another planet. <br /><br />I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that perhaps Muhammad never though it possible for rock worshippers to achieve interstellar jihad.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.com