Posted on 07/11/2006 9:33:23 AM PDT by tang0r
1. A lack of innovation. The lack of individualism in the Islamic religion is the direct cause of the lack of innovation in Islamic countries. Muslims are denied the ability to reason by the Koran, since the Koran itself is assumed to be perfect and not needing new ideas to improve. Merely being a Muslim implies a complete submission to Islamic doctrine. This dynamic, therefore, outlaws human thoughts outside of the teachings of Muhammad. Thus new ideas on technology, science, government, or anything for that matter are seen as distention and are rooted out immediately by the powers at be. It's no coincidence that the standard of living for citizens of Islamic countries has been stagnant, despite the fact the countries themselves are getting richer and richer from oil. It's also no coincidence that there has been an almost inconceivable lack of new technologies or ideas from a region as densely populated as the Middle East.
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If I were Satan, and I wanted people to worship me instead of Him ... and if I wanted to make people live in Hell both before and after they die ... here's the type of religion I would create ...
Oops, I always thought their rags were too tight on their heads.
6. Psychopathic insanity.
7. They are alive and breathing.
"The Five Pillars of Islam"
Except that Americans consumed only a third as much alcohol after prohibition.
It worked, side effects (like the Kennedys) notwithstanding.
Ping for later
Tell that to the Shia, Sunni, and Sufi, etc.
2. They love to kill!
3. They love to mutilate, torture, and rape!
4. They are genetic mutants who should not be allowed to live or reproduce!
5. They love explosives!
The number one intrinsic problem of Islamic countries is Islam.
That's the first I've ever heard that. Do you happen to have a cite handy? That's a huge decrease.
I remember having a conversation with a workmate about ten years ago. He said how Islamic "scientists" have proved that the Koran is the most perfect writing in all of human history. I asked him for more specifics, and he fumbled to attempt any kind of response, and then got mad that I would question the Islamic "scientists".
These are not people with a free will at all.
Absolutely. Free will is a concept which does not exist in the Muslim world. How unfortunate.
Sounds to me like there's only ONE problem. The rest are symptoms.
No free will - fatalism. Insh'allah and Mas'allah.
Which reminds me of a joke. What's the biggest trucking compnay in the Middle East?
Mas'allah!
It was posted on FR a couple times about a year ago.
I'll have to look around.
Mysteriously, the decline in alcohol consumption was not permanent. ;)
They are primitive people living in self-induced misery. They hate their own lives so much they feel compelled to spread pain, agony, and death wherever they go so everyone else can share their misery. They have no hope for the future. They need to fear us and come to regard us as unpredictable. Strength is the only thing they understand.
~ Blue Jays ~
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