New Thread: Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" Series

In a message dated 8/17/05 6:09:24 PM, lucioc@... writes:

<< (Though things would probably get complicated in a space habitat. What

is "east" in the internal surface of a habitat? And what about a

potato-shaped asteroid where the surface is a complete mess?) >>

And what about a turning wheel that move your bowed head from earth and then
back? If anything, just being in such a alien enviroment Muslims will have
little choice but to become more liberal about their religion. Some imman may
issuse a fatwa declaring that praying to an image of Mecca is not a sin in much
the same way that Pope deciding that praying to graven image of Christ on
cross or Jews having a photo of wailing wall dosen't violate the rule about
graven images. They won't have much choice unless they would rather stay on earth.

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