Guest BlackJesus Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 [color="green"][b]This is not a spoof "Onion" article but an actual article displaying how some people now believe that God ie. "Allah" signed his name shortly after the start of the Tsunami to sign his work (as it washed away 300,000 dead)[/b][/color] [img]http://www.imagemonster.org/getimg/q.jpg[/img] [u]'God signed the tsunami' 1/10/2005 by Bryan Pearson News24.com [/u] The word Allah is inset on the satellite picture. Photo: DigitalGlobe Colombo - God signed His name in the tsunami that battered Sri Lanka and other countries on December 26, and sent it as punishment because humans have been ignoring His laws, Sri Lankan Muslims say. Proof, according to Mohamed Faizeen, manager of the Centre for Islamic Studies in Colombo, is a satellite picture taken seconds after the tsunami smashed into Sri Lanka's west coast near the town of Kalutara and as it was receding. "This clearly spells out the name 'Allah' in Arabic," Faizeen said, pointing to the shape of the waves - a gigantic "E" complete with whorls and sidewaves that do indeed appear to combine to resemble the Arabic script for the name "Allah". The picture was taken by the DigitalGlobe Quickbird satellite on December 26 at 10:20am local time, shortly after the moment of tsunami impact. It can be viewed at the website "Allah signed His name," Faizeen said. "He sent it as punishment. This comes from ignoring His laws." He likened the tsunami to the Old Testament account of floods being sent by God in the time of Noah as punishment for those who had drifted from His ways. He added that he had visited the mainly Muslim Ulvae, near the major town of Batticaloa, and found that a madrassa - an Islamic religious school - had been left untouched while 400 houses around it had been flattened with great loss of life. The shorelines of many Asian countries hit by the waves had become playgrounds for Westerners and errant Muslims. Vices such as prostitution and drinking were rife, the cleric said. "Allah first sends small punishments - like loss of business. If we ignore the warning, He sends bigger ones - loss of life. If we still ignore the warnings, the big punishments, like earthquakes and tsunamis will come." Faizeen said areas of Sri Lanka mainly populated by Muslims were the hardest hit and that the waves were aimed at Muslims in Indonesia and Sri Lanka who he said had strayed from God's ways. The island is around 70 percent Buddhist, 15 percent Hindu, 7.5 percent Muslim and 7.5 percent Christian. Another Muslim leader, Muhammed Fawmey of the International Islamic Youth Front, said he too believed the tsunami was sent by God. "He clearly signed His name in the waves," said Fawmey, who said the Arabic script in the waves had suddenly "appeared to me as in a vision" when he was staring at the satellite picture. "The Koran says people can be punished through water or through fire," he added, referring to Islam's sacred scripture. Scientists have a more rational explanation for the December 26 tsunami - an undersea earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale off the west coast of northern Sumatra. "Near the source of submarine earthquakes, the seafloor is 'permanently' uplifted and down-dropped, pushing the entire water column up and down, the US Geological Survey says on its website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Its assholes like this that give all of religion a bad name. Every time anything happens someone comes out of the woodwork with a claim like this. I dont want to sound like a dick...but the way the arabic alphabet is...you could probably see a message from god in my poo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Every religion has its extremists, the problems is that people take the views of these extremists and think they are the views of all people in that religion. So yeah I pretty much agree with you Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 [quote]I dont want to sound like a dick...but the way the arabic alphabet is...you could probably see a message from god in my poo.[/quote] [b]Great line Ben [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bengalrick Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 the latest from the indonesian gov't: "thanks for your help, but if you don't leave, we will kill you"... well, something like that... [url="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/270891p-231974c.html"]nydailynews.com[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jza10304 Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 [quote name='bengalrick' date='Jan 13 2005, 01:57 PM']the latest from the indonesian gov't: "thanks for your help, but if you don't leave, we will kill you"... well, something like that... [url="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/270891p-231974c.html"]nytimes.com[/url] [right][post="35381"][/post][/right][/quote] not to nitpick but the New York Daily News isn't the same as the New York Times [url="http://www.nytimes.com"]www.nytimes.com[/url] [url="http://www.newyorkdailynews.com"]www.newyorkdailynews.com[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bengalrick Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 your just looking for me too goof up, aren't you ... j/k, i am at work and through the "nytimes" in real quick... i'll edit though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 [quote name='Ben' date='Jan 13 2005, 10:17 AM']Its assholes like this that give all of religion a bad name. Every time anything happens someone comes out of the woodwork with a claim like this. I dont want to sound like a dick...but the way the arabic alphabet is...you could probably see a message from god in my poo. [right][post="35341"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] Kind of like the people that see the Virgin Mary. [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/3.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 "If she wanted to show up she wouldnt be on a fucking blueberry muffin. She would show up in the middle of Air Force One on opening weekend right after Harrison Fords big close up and say 'Hey stop putting shit in the coffee!!'" - Dennis Leary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 [quote name='sean' date='Jan 13 2005, 03:12 PM']Kind of like the people that see the Virgin Mary. [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/3.gif[/img] [right][post="35416"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] I wasnt talking about only muslims..... All religion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 [quote name='Ben' date='Jan 13 2005, 03:36 PM']I wasnt talking about only muslims..... All religion [right][post="35426"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] I know. I was trying to support your point. I guess the wink wasn't the right icon to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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