Re: ramadan

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 09:00:57 MST


> spike66 wrote:
>
>> I was viewing a program about Islam... said the month is
>> not a specific time of year, but is based on a lunar
>> month....

Michael M. Butler quoted: ...It is
> time to believe God in His own book and realize that God meant it when
> He said that His book, the Quran, is complete, perfect and fully
> detailed. And that it has the details and explanations of everything we
> need for our salvation.

So what would a true Muslim do on Mars? Would Ramadan
be based on the orbit of Phobos or Diemos? Would Ramadan
be every 5 days then? Or 9? Or would they use telescopes
to figure out what the moon and sun are doing as viewed
from earth? Where on earth? Mecca or Cape Canaveral?
That passage you sited doesn't explain what they do if
they are north of the arctic circle and ramadan falls in
the summer. I guess they weren't really dealing with these
problems in those days.

spike



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