This has got to be one of my favourite vids on YouTube. It makes one think critically and wonder… “who the real God is…”.
For more thought-provoking vids, visit Darkmatter2525′s channel. He’s made a lot of cool vids. Check it out.
Indian skeptic faces 3 year prison sentence for explaining dripping crucifix
Catholics in Mumbai are outraged at a skeptic who pointed out that their latest miracle was full of it . . . literally.
Sanal Edamaruku faces 3 years in prison for telling the truth.
Sanal Edamaruku, president of the Indian Rationalist Association and Rationalist International, inspected the site and pinpointed the source of the water. A leaking toilet drain.
For explaining that the only “magic power” the water has is to transfer gastrointestinal infections and other disease, Edamaruku now faces up to three years in prison for “blasphemy”.
“It’s a case of miracle-mongering,” Edamaruku told AFP from his home in New Delhi. “Any kind of miracle-mongering is ultimately to get money and power.”
Accusing him of spreading “anti-Catholic venom” during televised debates on the crucifix, outraged religious groups in Mumbai have filed police complaints that could see Edamaruku jailed for up to three years under India’s blasphemy law.
Joseph Dias, general secretary of the Catholic-Christian Secular Forum, lodged one of the complaints, claiming it was the result of Edamaruku’s “”very obvious and stridently anti-Christian bias”.
Edamaruku, who has spent the last 30 years debunking India’s mystics and gurus who attract massive followings (and fortunes), welcomes the charges as an opportunity to challenge India’s blasphemy law.
While India is formally a secular nation, has a law which bans “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs”. Edamaruku points out that this holdover from the colonial period runs counter to free expression. It also appears to prohibit scientific explanation of so-called “miracles”!
Laws against blasphemy have no place in a modern, diverse nation. Not only do they suppress scientific investigation of claims of the supernatural, but they also can be used to prevent a minority religion from stating that the majority religion is simply “wrong”.
Category: Religion & Beliefs |
Nak Cari Pengamal Perubatan Islam AKA Bomoh? Part I
Anda sedang mencari pengamal perubatan Islam (ghaib) a.k.a. Bomoh? Anda mempunyai simtom atau tanda-tanda penyakit luarbiasa? Terkena “buatan orang”? Gangguan makhluk halus? Santau? Sihir? Pukau?
Tak perlu risau. Usah biar hidup anda diselubungi misteri. Kenapa?
Sebabnya, simtom-simtom yang dialami tu bukannya kuasa ghaib atau paranormal. Memang ia bukan normal tapi tentu sekali BUKAN paranormal.
Jadi, kalau bukan penyakit ghaib atau paranormal kenapa ada pengamal perubatan ghaib? Izinkan saya memberi penjelasan.
Pertama sekali, saya perlu berterus-terang bahawa saya amat sceptical dengan perubatan ghaib / perbomohan ini. Bukan tak percaya. Tapi, tak percaya 100%. Saya juga tak percaya pengamal perubatan jenis ini (bomoh) adalah 100% tulen. Dan saya ingin membuat cabaran terbuka kepada mana-mana bomoh untuk membuktikan dakwaan mereka.
Ramai orang pesan kat saya jangan takabbur atau cakap besar dsbnya. Namun, bila difikirkan, bukannya saya yang bercakap besar. Yang bercakap besar tu sebenarnya mereka yang claim boleh berinteraksi dengan makhluk halus, bomoh yang boleh tangkap jin dalam balang, yang boleh sembuhkan penyakit-penyakit misteri, ghaib dan ganjil dsbnya.
Kenapa saya kata mereka yang bercakap besar? Sebabnya, mereka tak boleh buktikan dakwaan mereka. Ya, mereka tak pernah / tak akan mengemukakan sebarang bukti berkenaan dakwaan mereka. Bagaimana nak dibuktikan perkara yang tak wujud?
Bayangkan, dari zaman dahulukala sehingga ke hari ini tak pernah ada satu pun bahan bukti pasal perubatan ghaib. Tapi ada di kalangan masyarakat yang sanggup bertikam lidah mempertahankan perkara yang tak terbukti ini. Tak ke pelik?
Sebagai contoh, saya boleh mendakwa bahawa ada seekor naga halimunan sedang mengelilingi bumi ketika ini. Fungsi naga ini ialah mengawal hujan. Oleh kerana naga ini halimunan, teleskop tak dapat melihat / mengesan kehadirannya. Namun, ianya wujud. Begitu hebat dakwaan saya ni. Cuma, masalahnya, saya takde bukti. Masih mau percaya ka? Percayalah!
Kisah naga halimunan saya adalah sama seperti dakwaan perubatan ghaib juga. Bezanya hanyalah makhluk halus diganti dengan naga dan fungsi dia agak berlainan sikit (jin bawa kuasa ghaib, naga membawa hujan). Persamaan kuasa ghaib dengan naga? Kedua-dua tiada bukti kewujudan.
…bersambung Nak Cari Pengamal Perubatan Islam aka bomoh? Part 2
Forum: “How Clean will the 13th General Elections be?”
In an effort to promote Clean and Fair Election, Tindak Malaysia will be organizing an open forum entitled How Clean will the 13th General Elections be? to be held at the PJ Civic Centre Auditorium, at 8.30pm next Tuesday April 24, 2012.
Its founder, Wong Piang Yow said the public forum is part of raising public awareness among fellow Malaysians on election reforms. This comes in light of the Prime Minister’s pledge on ntv7 on 9th Apr 2012 to hold clean and fair elections.
“We have set the platform for both BERSIH 2.0 and the Election Commission to present their case,” he said. “We will also invite all television channels to broadcast this “live” on their channels. To complement this, we will also put this online on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.”
The invited guests are from the Election Commission, BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee, academician and political analyst, Dr Ong Kian Ming, and the Election Commission Chairman, Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.
The moderator will be Syahredzan Johan, the Chairperson of the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee.
“We would really look forward to the participation of the Election Commission Chairman to have a meaningful exchange,” Wong wrote in a letter addressed to the Election Commission Chairman, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.
END.
Tindak Malaysia is a civil society movement to promote Free and Fair Elections through voter education. Recently, together with the BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee, it submitted Memo 2 containing a list of proposed amendments to the electoral laws and regulations to the Parliamentary Select Committee. Malaysians can obtain free training by registering at https://sites.google.com/site/pacabatraining/
For more information about this press statement, contact Wong Piang Yow 012-2149322.
Puisi: Unggun Bersih – A. Samad Said
Puisi : A. Samad Said
Muzik : Az Samad
UNGGUN BERSIH
Semakin lara kita didera bara—
kita laungkan juga pesan merdeka:
Demokrasi sebenderang mentari
sehasrat hajat semurni harga diri.
Lama resah kita—demokrasi luka;
lama duka kita—demokrasi lara.
Demokrasi yang angkuh, kita cemuhi;
suara bebas yang utuh, kita idami!
Dua abad lalu Sam Adams berseru:
(di Boston dijirus teh ke laut biru):
Tak diperlu gempita sorak yang gebu,
diperlu hanya unggun api yang syahdu.
Kini menyalalah unggun sakti itu;
kini merebaklah nyala unggun itu.
24—25, 6.11. A. SAMAD SAID
Three family members poisoned & killed after ritual: Bogus medium sought
Four members of a family paid the ultimate price after they were duped by a medium into drinking milk which had been laced with weedkiller.
Three of them died within days of consuming the lethal concoction.
The story began when M. Karuppannan, 65, decided to seek the help of a ‘Holy Man’ to mend broken ties with his eldest son Sargunan, 38, after the two had not been on talking terms for a while.
It is believed that Karuppannan brought the medium back to the family home to have him perform some sort of blessing ritual which includes the drinking of milk as part of the ceremony.
What was unbeknownst to Karuppannan, his wife Sakunthala, 63, and their other two children; Manivaran, 33, and K. Rajeswary, 28, was the fact that the medium had spiked their milk with weedkiller. They passed out almost immediately after drinking it.
Devastated: M. Karuppanan, 65, and his eldest son Sargunan (left) at the Serdang Hospital mortuary.
After the four fell unconscious, the medium robbed the house of jewellery and other valuables before setting the house on fire.
When Karuppannan came to, he was being dragged out of the house by his wife and children after they regained consciousness. That was all he could remember before they were taken to the hospital.
In a sad twist of fate, his wife and two children died a few days later. Postmortem reports showed that they died from poisoning.
The deceased: (From left) Rajeswary, Manivaran and Sakunthala. - The STAR
Police are now looking for the killer medium. They also warned the public to practice caution when seeking help from mediums and healers. Although a lot of cases involving fraudulent healers go unreported, they rarely end up in murder.
People should be wary and be extra cautious when seeking alternate solutions to problems, including family disputes and medical ailments.
- Selangor Police Chief Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah
Well, I would like to go one step further than what the Police Chief had to say in that we should all be wary of these so-called spiritual healers (regardless of faith). They’re ALL frauds. That’s the bottomline.
There has not been any scientific proof to demonstrate that these types of healings work. At best, they’re just placebos.
It’s sad how people could easily be duped by superstitious, religious rubbish. In this case, three people lost their lives. Hopefully, we could do away with nonsensical beliefs. The authorities should end this once and for all… for the benefit of the people.
Category: Religion & Beliefs |
Azimat gila kuasa for Power hungry politicians
Oleh Muhd Izawan Baharin
izawan@hmetro.com.my
Sharhan menunjukkan cebisan kiswah yang didakwa boleh ‘melariskan’ diri si pemakai.
Demi cita-cita politik, mereka yang sebahagian besarnya golongan veteran sanggup berbelanja besar bagi mendapatkan pelbagai benda pelik kononnya mampu memberi manfaat kepada pemakainya bagi memastikan hajat tercapai.
Antara alat kononnya ajaib yang menjadi buruan ahli politik, terutama ketika bahang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU-13) semakin dekat ialah cebisan kelambu Kaabah atau kiswah yang didakwa mampu melariskan diri si pemakai, cincin permata ganjil yang dipakai sebelum berceramah bagi membuatkan pendengar terpengaruh dan kulit rusa putih.
Cemara babi juga dicari kononnya membuatkan si pemakai kebal iaitu pihak lawan sukar menjatuhkannya dalam arena politik.
Mendedahkan perkara itu, Pengamal Perubatan Islam Sinar Zamdurrani, Sharhan Shafie berkata, kebiasaannya benda pelik itu diperoleh daripada bomoh yang menjalankan khidmat mereka tanpa bersandarkan al-Quran.
source: http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/Azimatgilakuasa/Article
In My Opinion…
Sekiranya betul dakwaan di atas, ini membuktikan bahwa bukan sahaja ahli politik ni suka menipu orang tapi juga senang juga ditipu. Kepercayaan karut terhadap tangkal dan azimat ni hanya membuktikan kedangkalan dan kecetekan ilmu mereka. Dan, kita pilih mereka ni sebagai Wakil Rakyat/ADUN? Fail…
Jin, bomoh, tangkal, azimat dan yang seangkatan dengannya semuanya penipuan semata-mata. Kalau betul perkara-perkara sebegini wujud, di manakah buktinya? You bagi bukti baru I percaya. Else, jinns do not exist.
Category: Religion & Beliefs |
