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From: Lawrence Krauss
To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: one muslim at a time
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:35:05 +0000
I didn't particularly find this meaningful. I found it would push your buttons. I have spent much of the summer
doing science and am very happy with that. Writing a fun paper now to show freeman dyson is wrong about
something.
By the way. I got ordained recently. I can officiate at your marriage.
Lawrence Krauss
Foundation Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Dept.
Co-director, Cosmology Initiative
and Director, Origins initiative
Arizona State University
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On Sep 7, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
i won't dignify this trite anecdote. . if you had 1 mlilion of these it would not be worth one day of your time. if
you want to be a rabbi, do it. this is not science this is religion. and a total fucking wast of your unique
talents. the idea that you find found this meaningful makes me sad
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Lawrence Krauss < > wrote:
hi.. back in the US.. let's talk... things developing slowly.
Lawrence
p.s. couldn't resist sending this, which came today...
Ahmed Almaa
• To Dr.Lawrence Krauss
I would like to start off by thanking you, not only for the enlightenment I know enjoy due to my eyes
now being opened to the amazing world of science, but also for your persistence on sharing your
knowledge and your tenacity and convection while doing so. I've learned and enjoyed your videos and
lectures tremendously, and my favorite has to be "The greatest story ever told".
I am a 22 year old Middle Eastern male, born in a typical Muslim Middle Eastern family, and raised by
devout Muslim parents. Ever since I was old enough to understand I was told that I was created by
Allah and that the Quran is his word and law, and if I did not follow what he said, to the letter, I would
bum in hell, where every day is like a thousand earthly days, and every time you burn you would grow
new skin and flesh to bum again, torture that would last for eternity, but he, Allah, doesn't want to do
it, because he "loves" me, and in essence its actually me forcing his hands into doing so, for willingly
disobeying his commands. Thinking back at it, it truly is an act of child cruelty, not to imply that my
parents meant it to be cruel, but that it is a method of unintended cruelty, one which most every
Muslim parent unintentionally inflicts on their child, because they feel that it is part of their religious
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duty towards the child.
As a child I was also told that the Quran, a book which was written over 1400 years ago, had
"scientific" evidence that science was just now discovering, Surrounded by other Muslims, I had no
one contradicted my beliefs, or to present an alternative arguments. Thus I never questioned what I was
taught, or the claims Islam made, however I've wondered how most scientists did not embrace Islam
despite it having the facts I was told it had. The scientific evidence argument is one that Muslims use
to this day, and with how easy it is to disprove those using the tools available in this day and age, such
as the intemet, to see what actual scientists have to say about the so called scientific facts, I am
surprised that more Muslims are not questioning Islam.
I was content with my life as is, sure I had a few questions about Islam, and I was told that was normal,
and that thinking too much is a sin, because Allah created the universe thus man could not solve its
riddles, and profusely thinking of the matter would lead to mental disorders. That was until the spring
of 2012, when my father was admitted to the hospital for an unknown condition, it was thought to be
malignant, but we prayed it wasn't, and I was torn, I was fairly westernized at the time, so the first
thought that came to my mind was "why do bad things happen to good people", my father being the
best person I know, should not suffer the way he is, however that thought was quickly abandoned,
because in Islam it would be considered a sin, to question Allah on his reasons, and illness is actually a
one of his tests, sure it was hard, but I tried to consolidate myself with a few prayers, I went to
YouTube and proceeded to view a few prayers and from there went on to view some religious
seminars, until something caught my eyes on the related videos column, it was a debate between the
imam and Christopher Hitchens, and I thought to myself, I have no idea who this guy is, but he is
going to get dominated, I even remember thinking to myself, who in their right mind would argue
against Islam, what argument could one present. But that was not what happened; Hitchens actually
had me thinking on a few points, not saying he won me over, but he got the wheels spinning. So I
continued to the next debate, the more I learned the less I believed; slowly but surely I was starting to
doubt what I've based my life on, and I realized that Islam wasn't actually perfect and irrefutable, a
thought that overnight destroyed it to me. Having a void left from where my religion was I started
filling it in with science and reason, and created my own