Reflections on how to achieve an Islamic Renaissance ...
Monday, March 03, 2008
Mammon ...
Sometimes the most poignant maxims come as jokes. I came across this ad on the internet and while I laughed at the joke, I couldn't help but reflect on the deeper meaning. Curiosity killed the cat, but Mammon killed the human race.
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
I remember reading an archived Usenet post from 1994, where someone claimed that a Christian might sum it up as "There is no god but Mammon, and Ayn Rand is his Prophet".
It's a pity the thread isn't open now, or I could inform this person that they were actually paraphrasing the Islamic Shahadah...
DISCLAIMER: I am not such a great person as you would want me to be... Anywayz, I am a doctor, working in HIV care in Pakistan. That's a new field in this country, thanks to our "enlightened moderation"... I have an interest in religion and of late I have been engrossed with the idea of how to achieve an Islamic Renaissance. This is an idea that has preoccupied our intellectuals for quite a while, but now it is gaining momentum. It is the all-consuming question in the Ummah at the dawn of the new millenium... My blog, of course, is only a kind of diary for me, where I can record my deepest thoughts for a worldwide audience; this blog is not intended to be an exhaustive intellectual exercise, because though I am an intellectual of sorts, I am not a scholar. Not quite, that is...
2 comments:
I remember reading an archived Usenet post from 1994, where someone claimed that a Christian might sum it up as "There is no god but Mammon, and Ayn Rand is his Prophet".
It's a pity the thread isn't open now, or I could inform this person that they were actually paraphrasing the Islamic Shahadah...
Belgian Beer:
I received authentic information about Mr Squires. You lied about him.
I would like to continue the discussion only in the presence of Mr Squires. Since he is very busy nowadays, you'll have to wait.
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