The Capture of Christianity Forget about Jesus's resurrection. His birth was the biggest fraud offerd to the believers.He was the son of Joseph not God Almighty.

Zalim Online It should be called " Jahil on-line".The person, which I doubt is a doctor, is a very good actor. He should try his luck in lollywood.

The God Delusion Pinku
To me there is no difference if one believes in "one god "or "100 god religion". The point is that all is human creation and most of the times harmful to human beings as evident through out history. The best thing would be for representative of every religion is to come out and say that every religion is true and tell their followers to follow which ever religion they like.
Peace

The God Delusion Dear Urstruly
This universe is best at creating black holes not really a place suited for life of any sort and the "matter" that we observe seems to be a side effect or after thought. According to Occam's principle we have to accept a more economic theory and by that taken the God theory is less economical and moreover it does not explain anything rather it needs explanation itself. It’s like trying to explain a mystery (universe) by another mystery (God). If God is a "necessary being" than he cannot be a creator of "contingent" beings as from Necessary proposition only necessary proposition follows. Talking about atheism. I am not an atheist but an agnostic .Another friend rightly mentioned that religious people do more harm and human history is a testimony to that. Humans are not equipped to know the ultimate truth so any statement "for "and "against" God is made by man himself. There might be an ultimate truth but humans have no way of knowing it and these religions are human creation and the burden of proof is on the exponent of people who except the less economical theory of god

The God Delusion Dear Mr.Pinku
Whatever you are trying to say does not mean much. It does not matter if it’s a Hindu, Christian or Muslim God. You can see the progression, as idea from polytheism to monotheism, with the passage of time. As human understanding improved they realizes that the idea of gods made by hand and put in temples is not serving the purpose so the sky God, high God and one God idea came about. The problem is that humans created this idea to cope with the mysterious world around but now it should not be taken literally and seriously. Humans should grow out of it and should try to find the truth by reliable and verifiable method and if that’s not possible for now, it’s better to admit the limit of human reasoning than to create supernatural entity as God.

The God Delusion It’s very important that representative of every religion, if they care about humanity, come out and say that every religion is from God and it does not matter which one is followed. That’s where the problem is. The notion that my religion is the only true religion creates the entire problem but then what about the “bread and butter" of those poor mullahs, priests, pundits. How would they sell there brand of God.

The Cruel Expulsions Mr.Abuaddullah
Do the Ahmedis consider non-ahmedis, MUSLIM. If yes, why dont Ahmedis say namaz behind a non-Ahmedi? I am sure Ahmedis would have done the same if they were the majority. Its more an expression of power and human nature than anything else.

The Cruel Expulsions I remember meeting Mirza Tahir Ahmad and the interesting conversation with him. I had a ordinary camera and he told me that he has got a high end Nikon and I replied that " Hazoor you are a rich man and can afford anything". When Mirza Masroor comes to Canada he rents the best car available and at Niagra stays and the best hotel. I dont see the simple life style.Moreover during the jalsa the workers rent expensive cars to do, God knows, what duties.The kilafas should donate all their land if they want to help the poor. I know the "Murabi" sahibans sacrifice their lives but thats not fair. It should start from the top not from the bottom

The Cruel Expulsions I fully agree with Mr.Mooquin that there should be be a external audit to see how the funds are used and how much the Khalifa get payed.The lavish life style of the present and the former Khalifa's is contradictory to the islamic way of life. The Khalifa should set an example and donate all his land and money and then should ask for "chanda", not before that. Neverthe less the treatment given to ordinary Ahmedi's is not fair and should be condemned.

Where is Ibn-Sina of the 21st Century? It’s a good read. Islam, especially the form of Islam followed in Saudi Arabia is the worst kind. There is no logic or reason associated with it. Well, isn’t that the case in every religion. Christmas is the biggest celebration of the birth of a man for which there is no solid historical evidence. Moreover the story of virgin birth, which was a common myth in old times, is untrue. It’s included in bible and Quran. No one with a bit of reason at hand can ever believe the story of virgin birth but can a Muslim dare say that it’s not true. NO. So my friends, religion is not based on truth but has nothing to do with truth, its a socio-political phenomenon which should not be taken in literal sense.
Thanks

Whence Then is Evil? Well written article. The basic problem is with the definition of God. Its has inherent contradiction. A God who is ``less than all powerful`` fits in better than the all powerful God.
At present humans have no way to deal with metaphysical statements. Logical positivist like A.J.Ayer described them as meaningless statements as there is no way of proving them either wrong or right. It seems as God is a need rather than objective reality.

Why Atif Aslam works No, I am not a fan of Abrar and Hadiqa. Abrar can sing a bit but he has no variation, can sing only punjabi and sings in his nose while trying to hit a high note. Hadiqa is pure nonsense, should not sing at all. Jawad can sing live but still goes off-key from time to time and Sajad ali is the best as far as the technical aspect goes but does not have the best tonal quality.

Why Atif Aslam works I dont know what you all are takling about. Ever heard Atif singing live, he is completely off- key all the time. The poor guy is unable to hit a correct note. Live singing is the true test for any vocalist. Only few can sing live these days such as Sajad ali, Jawad ahmad and Shafqat amanat ali khan. Atif aslam should not sing live or better not sing at all.

Encounters With Depression Dear Dr. Sohail
I am glad to see another article from you explaining “depression” as diseases as it helps to get rid of different dogmas surrounding it. My concern is that there should be at least a five years study done on the drugs, relating to depression and anxiety, before bringing it to the market so that there long term side effect should be known before hand.
Secondly, these drugs (SRI, SNRI) should be given as the last resort as there withdrawal symptoms are very painful. The problem is that since the half –life of the neurotransmitters are so short, we don’t have any direct method to measure there quantity yet, its like a treatment based on trail and error. Moreover the neurotransmitters are multi-functional, making the treatment much harder.

It would be very kind of you to write a similar article on other mental conditions such as different phobias.
I am saying that because today I saw a programme on GEO, called “NADIA KHAN SHOW” and she was talking about “fortune telling” and “JIN” .Another lady (religious scholar) said that it’s through the use of “ JIN” that the fortune tellers are able to predict the future. Now, at one end of the spectrum humans are looking at the genome, stem cell research, and gene therapy to treat diseases and get better understanding of nature while on the end some humans are going in the reverse direction and still believing in supernatural creatures like “Jin” and even finding that to be an acceptable explanation. GOD HELP US.

Pakistan – The Threat From Within If islam is what people want than be it but the issue is WHICH BRAND OF ISLAM. I am sure if Mullahs of every sect are asked to decide which SHIRIAH they want they would end up calling each other KAFIR or end up killing each other.

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth Re: # 97
Mr masadi
The empirical data points towards a universe that is fine tuned to produce maximum number of black hole. Our universe is most efficient at producing black holes not humans. Life is only an after thought. Anything to work has to be tuned. A universe with different constants would probably give birth to a different form of life.
If God is a necessary being that he cannot be a creator of contingent beings like us but since Allah made man in his own image, it seems that this creator cannot be too different from humans.
If he is ``out of time`` then he cannot effect the events in this world, as that needs time as a medium and if he is ``in time`` then he is getting old with time and has to die or fade away with time.
To be honest, if think humans are not equipped to solve this problem. By looking at history and evolution of different religions it seems that humans are good at inventing myths and ``the God of gap`` is one of them. As human understanding is getting better this gap is being pushed away to the end and might remain at the end of the chain for ever.
Every believer thinks of his religion as being the only true one. Every religion has a god, sacred text, prophet, miracles and surprisingly prophecies which are coming true all the time. This god is not out somewhere but in side the human mind. God is a feeling, a state of mind, a subjective truth, only for the believer.