A Response to Jay Del Fierro's Brilliant Thoughts
Blog Posted by
Farah Chamma: 2/8/2010 6:48:00 AM
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">“Very smart how you related both ideas together Jaybird. Your fascinating mind has always been of great influence to me. Thank you.” </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-hansi-font-family: Garamond; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">The presence of the insatiable desires of man is intrinsic and that of course can be certified by the mentioning of The Apple of Eden. I truly believe that Allah has made us voracious beings for a reason. There must be a reason for why man was made to “hunger” for everything from the very first beginning. Whether it was food, intimacy or money, man is always in search for more. Now of course the 3 examples I have given are but the necessities that man cannot live without. However, I have mentioned them just to emphasize that we are covetous beings by creation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">Now to look at things from a more “radical” point of view, I can of course mention the chaos and insurgency found everywhere in the world. Man appears to only want disorder and tumult. All that “peace” nonsense is just false hope in the form of pretentious consolation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">“You want peace, then stop acting like chess pieces on the chessboards of those who claim they are more superior than you.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">It is as if man is seeking the path to his own doom. I don’t know maybe the idea of self-torture is more factual than I thought it was after all. If man has lost the ability to tame his own mind and is trying to find a tamer in someone other than himself, then I might as well say <B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1">“Bravo Darwin!”</SPAN></B> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">Yet as I have mentioned earlier, there must be a reason for why we are like this and that reason lies in something that you Jay have said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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