Came across a video by Zakir Naik the (in)famous wahabist preacher who goes about spreading lies, deception and pure fabrication to willing listeners who are drawn primarily from his own religious leanings and who do not posses the mental faculties to make up their own decisions. They depend on Mr. Naik to make those for them.
The video in question was titled Quaran and modern science. Being a science student all my life and given to scientific thinking I couldn't let the opportunity of viewing this audiovisual presentation pass. One thing I have to admit is that Mr. Naik posses phenomenal powers of recollection. Though I really do not have the inclination to go and check if all that he propounds from the stage is true or not. One more thing is he is a single person propaganda machine. Coming back to the lecture, I found so many contradictions within the lecture itself that I was shocked that he can gather so many viewers to listen to his lies. Probably Mr. Naik is using the ploy of the Indian politicians, where the size of the political gathering is directly proportional to the monetary power a politician or his party can muster. Most of the listeners have no interest in what the speaker has to say and they come in primarily because they are promised free food, booze and also reimbursed in cash.
I will try to refute some of the arguments made by Mr. Naik in his lecture. In doing so I do not propose to argue with him on his interpretation of the verses he is quoting. I do not posses any knowledge of Arabic nor do I posses the resources, nor feel the need to study the language. The best part being that Mr. Naik still gives me so much room to trash his proclamations that I really do not feel handicapped by the lack of knowledge of the Quaran and / or Arabic.
06:14 : He proclaims that "the Koran is the miracle of miracles".
Nowhere does he even make an attempt to back his statement. Taking in to account the fact that Mr. Naik has complete faith in the holy book that he propounds, this is not surprising, but also considering that the lecture is about modern science and science is based on proof and supporting facts, this is a huge lacuna.
06:32 : He again proclaims that " the Koran is the best Arabic literature available on the face of the earth"
Well I guess he is trying to sell himself short here. If the Koran is such a great piece of literature shouldn't it be the best across all languages and cultures.
08:32 : He quotes Albert Einstein " Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind"
He forgets that Einstein was a Jew and had shown no inclination or even a soft corner for Islam and its teachings.
09.30 : Mr. Naik makes a statement "I will only be speaking about scientific facts which have been established, i will not be speaking of scientific theories and hypotheses which all of us know very well that many a time that theories and hypotheses take u turns."
Being a student of science I fully agree with what Mr. Naik says here. The fact is all theories are provisional and are held as true till a better theory comes along or a fact is revealed by observation or experimentation that is not consistent with the theory. As we will soon find out Mr. Naik contradicts himself within the next few minutes.
The video in question was titled Quaran and modern science. Being a science student all my life and given to scientific thinking I couldn't let the opportunity of viewing this audiovisual presentation pass. One thing I have to admit is that Mr. Naik posses phenomenal powers of recollection. Though I really do not have the inclination to go and check if all that he propounds from the stage is true or not. One more thing is he is a single person propaganda machine. Coming back to the lecture, I found so many contradictions within the lecture itself that I was shocked that he can gather so many viewers to listen to his lies. Probably Mr. Naik is using the ploy of the Indian politicians, where the size of the political gathering is directly proportional to the monetary power a politician or his party can muster. Most of the listeners have no interest in what the speaker has to say and they come in primarily because they are promised free food, booze and also reimbursed in cash.
I will try to refute some of the arguments made by Mr. Naik in his lecture. In doing so I do not propose to argue with him on his interpretation of the verses he is quoting. I do not posses any knowledge of Arabic nor do I posses the resources, nor feel the need to study the language. The best part being that Mr. Naik still gives me so much room to trash his proclamations that I really do not feel handicapped by the lack of knowledge of the Quaran and / or Arabic.
06:14 : He proclaims that "the Koran is the miracle of miracles".
Nowhere does he even make an attempt to back his statement. Taking in to account the fact that Mr. Naik has complete faith in the holy book that he propounds, this is not surprising, but also considering that the lecture is about modern science and science is based on proof and supporting facts, this is a huge lacuna.
06:32 : He again proclaims that " the Koran is the best Arabic literature available on the face of the earth"
Well I guess he is trying to sell himself short here. If the Koran is such a great piece of literature shouldn't it be the best across all languages and cultures.
08:32 : He quotes Albert Einstein " Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind"
He forgets that Einstein was a Jew and had shown no inclination or even a soft corner for Islam and its teachings.
09.30 : Mr. Naik makes a statement "I will only be speaking about scientific facts which have been established, i will not be speaking of scientific theories and hypotheses which all of us know very well that many a time that theories and hypotheses take u turns."
Being a student of science I fully agree with what Mr. Naik says here. The fact is all theories are provisional and are held as true till a better theory comes along or a fact is revealed by observation or experimentation that is not consistent with the theory. As we will soon find out Mr. Naik contradicts himself within the next few minutes.
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