On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:01 AM, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:
As the Muslim world stops to pray is there a change in physiological
parameter that shows something is happening? Are there any published studies
to the effectiveness of their spiritual practice? An ME of Islam? The
Muslim Effect?
Comparative scientific research?
They seem to stop and have the potential for a lot of quiet time. Is there a
collective transcending going on when they do it? Just wondering.
Of course you are joking. Muslim prayer, done 5 times a day and of
course also in the Mosque, looks more like calisthenics then most
prayer. Now pre-Vatican II Catholics used to go through a lot of
changes in posture during Mass, from standing to kneeling, to sitting,
back to kneeling and of course there's the genuflect when entering and
leaving the church or passing in front of the host/chalice/middle of
the alter, but it's nothing like the Muslim purifications and
prayers.
