This is my favorite section of myspace, it gives me an opportunity to write a nice little blurb about my eccentric self.
I am the mother of one of the most beautiful little girls imaginable. She has the bone structure of an angel, deep penetrating eyes, and a devilish grin. She is bright, witty, articulate, and very verbose. I know that all mothers think that their child is beautiful, and maybe I am impartial, but when I look at her photos I think that there is no way another little girl could ever hold a candle to my little girl.
I spend my days writing, focusing most of my attention on the tenants of Islam. The study of any religion leads a person to many other areas of philosophy, science, theology, and logic. The great thing about writing non-fiction is that all one needs to do is the research - and then tell the truth from their perspective. My goal is to produce a few books of non-fiction and then maybe go onto fiction.
Daniel Dennett once said, "There is nothing I like less than bad arguments for something that I hold dear." How true that is, evolution is a fact. It saddens me to see atheist making weak arguments for evolution. Evolution is a deeply complicated subject that takes at least a year or two of study to fully understand. If one has not studied evolution at a University level - then please do not even enter a debate about evolution.
One of the things that I hold dear is my love of Logic. Logic and Mathematics are the only two things in this world that could ever come close to touching the Divine. The irony in that statement is that I do not believe in the Divine nor am I all that great at math,
Mathematics is beautiful to me because from what I understand of it, it is all based on logic and is the same in every language and every culture.
Logic takes a close second to mathematics for the simple reason that logic is in the eye of the logician. Logic, Reason, and Experimentation are the only ways that we can ever understand the nature of the world.
I enjoy writing about epistemology - the study of knowledge. Epistemology puts into question, "what do you believe? why do you believe it? and how are you certain?" The main question I like to ask is, how can a person be certain that they are right about something?
In my current project, I am writing An Atheist Guide To Understanding Islam. I have examined the Quran in translation, Islamic "Authority" Figures and then debunk their arguments for Islam. Debunking Islam is not exactly a difficult thing to do. The hard part is making sure that all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed. Any critic could easily tear apart the work that I create if I have not done my proper research.
Essentially, there is no such thing as an Authority figure in theology. The problem with looking to any person as an authority figure is being able to verify the information they give you is correct. How are they an authority? Because they take the Dr. before their name? Because they speak charismatically and know how to entertain a crowd of sheep, speaking words that their believing ears crave to hear?
I examine Hadiths, Sunna, Tafirs, and a whole body of Islamic interpretations and commentary on the Quran.
The final premise of the book I have not found. I find that while I write i like my ideas to be in a constant state of evolution. Perhaps there are thousands of gods and deities floating around at any giving time. At the moment, I prefer to remain safely in the logical, rational realm of scepticism.
George Mason University
Fairfax,Virginia
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: French Literature
Minor: History
Clubs: French Literature, History, Philosophy
2001 to 2003
Evergreen High School
Seattle,Washington
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Speech, Debate, Forensics, French Club, Academic Letter, Senior Class Speaker, AP Biology
1992 to 1994
Elma High School
Elma,Washington
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Clubs: Cheerleader, Speech and Debate
1990 to 1992
Naomi I had a dream last night that I had a daughter, and we were at an Italian restaurant with Johnny. I also dreamt that I was in Istanbul taking photographs of old Posted at 8:08 PM Nov 24 view more
Im feeling better thank you, i came back at work and always on the road every days, a lil bit stressed sometimes but i dont ve a choice with my job. Hope you are fine too....K
Thanks! Watch this space as I will be adding more and swapping them around. This was an initial upload, but I am tweaking the rest. They're looking good. Can't believe I was there! J.
Hey Naomi! Just stoppin by to say hi and to say thank you for the nice picture comment about my daughter! I wanted to congratulate you on your pregnancy, I wish you and Johnny the very best with parenthood and all the joy your hearts will have!! Many blessings my friend.... Take care!
