According to the latest physical theories, the String Theory, the whole universe is made up from tiny strings of energy, which are two types: closed and opened. Depending on the tension, direction of movement and other conditions, these strings shape the different types of energy; heat, electricity, gravity, matter…

These strings are too tiny, the string to the atom, is exactly like a tree to our Earth! So just imagine how huge and immense our universe is…

Compiling is a programming concept, it is the action of changing the written code (in a certain programming language) into the computer’s language, which is simply the I/O language, this is the way all programmers work and make up their programmes.

After this short introduction, I’ll try to explain my view of our universe.

When we enter (print) in a certain compiler, the compiler is pre-programmed to understand it and change it into a specific action which is printing a text. The human designed it in this way.

Now, I want to apply my idea to the universe.

All actions in the world are simply, changing in the energy values and types all the time. The Universe we live in is very similar to the computer programme. What we are seeing is the result of entering energy values in a certain type, then they change, into sounds images, matter, heat, electricity… The missing part is the compiler.

The compiler is the one who’s changing the energy values into certain actions. Why does the pencil break when you break it? Why doesn’t it stay solid? There’s someone who’s changing the energy of your muscles into a certain action this is how the universe works, it works on a &lsquorogramming language’. This ‘language’ is known by everyone. When you enter a certain energy value you’ll find an action depending on your energy. When you give energy to water, it will become a gas, but when you take energy from it, it will become ice. Why is that? Has anyone wondered? Has anyone wondered why are our universe is built like that?  Anyone who uses his mind will find that there’s someone who had designed the universe to work in a specific law, who is God.

Can a human design a computer programme, where there are billions of moving objects that do not get into each other? Where there are special objects that have feelings, consciousness, beliefs or ideas? I will say undoubtedly “No”. Let’s ask other questions. Can that entire universe be created by itself? I will also say undoubtedly “No”.

“In the creation of the heavens and earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the seas with goods for people; in the water which God sends down from the sky to give life to the earth when it has been barren, scattering all kinds of creatures over it; in the changing of the winds and clouds that run their appointed courses between the sky and earth: there are signs in all these for those who use their minds” Quran [1:169].

by Charley Reese
by Charley Reese

There is an ongoing slander campaign against Islam, claiming that it is a religion that promotes violence and hinting that it seeks world conquest.

Before you buy the malarkey that is being produced by people with their own agendas or prejudices or who are just plain ignoramuses, follow these few suggestions:

Compare the history of Islam with the history of Europe, which for centuries was called Christendom. An objective look will show you that Christendom wins by a landslide when it comes to violence and wars. After all, Europe and its offspring did not come to dominate the world, including the Islamic countries, because they practiced the gentle virtues of Jesus.

As for the common practice of cherry-picking Scripture from holy writings and presenting it out of context, just check out what Christians call the Old Testament. There you will find God advocating a double standard of morality, condoning slavery, ordering the Israelites to commit genocide and committing infanticide himself on a mass scale. I don't believe you will find anything comparable in the Quran.

The word "jihad," which is so over-used these days, has, like a lot of words, more than one meaning. It means basically to struggle, but this can be personal or spiritual, or a peaceful political struggle. Only if Islam is attacked are Muslims required to defend it. As for that obnoxious propaganda term "Islamo-fascist," just recall that fascism is a European invention by nominal Christians. To my knowledge, the only fascist governments ever to exist on this planet were all European and nominally Christian.

Another canard is that Islam promotes forced conversion. Not so. Even when the Arab empire was expanding, rarely were any of the conquered people forced to convert. The Quran even forbids it, as I recall. Naturally, once Muslims were in charge, a lot of people decided it was in their own self-interest to convert, but this is just one of the sleazy aspects of human nature.

I remember when Florida elected its first Republican governor of the 20th century. I saw plenty of people crawl out from under their rocks and convert to the Republican Party, drawn by the smell of patronage. With some rare exceptions, human beings always act in what they perceive, rightly or wrongly, to be in their self-interest.

It was Christian Europe that slaughtered the Jews, and nothing remotely resembling the Holocaust is to be found in the history of Islam. In fact, during the past, when Jews were being persecuted by Christian Europe, they frequently fled to and found sanctuary in the Muslim countries. Until Israel was established, practically every Muslim country had sizable Jewish populations dating back centuries. And there are still Jews and Christians in some Muslim countries.

A final suggestion is that when you hear some individual radical Muslim being quoted, just remember he is one of a billion people and speaks only for himself and his small following. And be wary of the quotations he uses, for they are often deliberately fabricated or distorted.

If Muslims really desired to conquer the world, don't you think it's strange that we've been living in peace with them for nearly a millennium and a half, except for those times when we attacked them (the Crusades, the European colonial movement and our invasion of Iraq)? Don't forget either that some of the countries the Bush administration calls allies are themselves Muslim – Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, etc.

You have nothing to fear from Islam. The al-Qaida movement is a tiny percentage of Muslims and wouldn't be the force it is except for the fact that the Bush administration has gone out of its way to make all of Osama bin Laden's propaganda become true.

May 5, 2007