Spotted here. It’s an interesting idea, since how does a space-faring Muslim find Mecca if he’s in zero-gee and either in orbit or deep space?
Since more & more countries are able to achieve orbit, some people are thinking very seriously about these things, and recently had a two-day conference in Malaysia about it.
Way i figure it, get yourself a radio transponder or three for direction, set up a few gyroscopes on your prayer surface to stabilize it, then, barring delays or signal interference, you should be fine.
You set up a Mecca Sandbox in the corner.
PUT YOUR HANDS UP FOR LOUIS JAGGER—HE LOVES TO INSULT MUSLIMS
TURN THATAWAY YOU POXY FULE
yeah, 50 demerits to Gryffindor for that one
nfw
louis, do you hate all religion without prejudice?
How is the answer not just “down”?
Sorry, but this IS an example of religion being really stupid.
I thought the Mecca sandbox wz like the ILX sandbox, not “lol towelheads, they live in desert lol”
“MECCA IS CURRENTLY DOWN LOL IN THE MEANTIME PLEASE FACE TEH SANDBOX”
I don’t think Louis Jagger is capable of consciously creating any amusing joke.
in space, no one can hear you اجتهاد
Hee.
How is the answer not just “down”?
doesn’t really work if you’re over, say, Hawaii, or circumnavigating the Moon, esp. if you have to do it 5x in a 24 hour period(assumedly). I wonder how the Saudi we sent up on one of the Shuttle missions handled it.
“Down” doesn’t work as a frame of reference if you’re rotating or on some sorta 2001-like station w/ a spinning ring section.
The correct answer is “abandon your silly superstition.”
I can’t remember what Red/Green/Blue Mars Muslims did!
we’re jews in space, flying along, defending the hebrew race
curtis stephens’ post is the only sign of intelligent life on this thread
If you’re in low earth orbit, it does matter. If you’re in geosynchronous orbit, mecca is in the same direction always.
If you’re in deep space: “towards that little blue dot”
if you’re in another universe?
somersaults
why is it stupid, hurting? why is it stupid, louis?
why do you care if a muslim wants to face mecca from space? i imagine that since muslims and space stations are very far from your day to day experience you really shouldn’t give a shit what muslims care to do on space stations.
it’s not stupid, dude. for fuck’s sake, the idiots on this thread who interpreted my entirely innocent reference to the ILX sandbox as a racist taunt...you make me sick. (not you vahid!)
there’s nothing wrong with praying towards mecca. i really don’t mind what they do. i was only trying to make a joke... :-(
don’t let it get you down, kiddo
go see the fuck a creationist thread if you want to see disdain for a religion
vahid totally OTM.
i imagine that since muslims and space stations are very far from your day to day experience you really shouldn’t give a shit what muslims care to do on space stations.
I don’t. I really, deeply do not care.
go see the fuck a creationist thread if you want to see disdain for a religion
haha welcome to little club
i’d rather not ... but also let’s not forget that when religionists consider these (silly seeming) questions really really seriously, once in a while religious laws get loosened up as a result ... see “how do muslims do the fast at the north pole?” and so on (answer, decided 500 years ago: “ok, you don’t have to fast if it will kill you”)
in other words, if christians never worried about how many angels danced on the head of a pin, they might never have produced aquinas or pascal, right?
Right (xpost), and as long as that’s the answer, it’s fine. I don’t think religion is stupid, just orthodoxy. Believe me, I was raised Jewish, and Judaism is probably more prone to ridiculous technicality than any other religion. But as long as you stay out of that territory, I have no problem with it.