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The Terrifying Brilliance of the Islamic Memeplex
Citizen warrior ^ | October 2007 | Citizen Warrior

Posted on 10/25/2023 4:50:23 AM PDT by marktwain

Have you ever wondered why so many Muslim men are dedicated to killing Americans? Or why so many are willing to blow themselves up to kill Israelis? Or why they are so committed to blowing up random people in Bali, London, Madrid, etc.?

Orthodox Muslims are attacking non-Muslims all over the world. Why?

Because of memes. The technical definition of a meme is anything that can be copied from one mind to another. The custom of shaking hands, for example, is a meme. A melody is a meme. A recipe for lemonade is a meme. Even the word "meme" is a meme, which has just made a copy of itself in your mind.

One of the characteristics of memes is they can evolve because some memes are better at making copies of themselves than other memes. They get more copies of themselves into other minds.

So memes compete with each other and evolve. Part of the way they become better at making copies is to join together with other memes in a mutually-supporting group. A combination of memes (known as a "memeplex") is often able to get itself into more minds than single memes.

From a memetics standpoint, a religion is a memeplex — collection of memes. One of the memes might be, for example, "This is a holy book."

And the holy book itself is, of course, a collection of memes.

Let's look at how religious memeplexes evolve and compete. To begin with, let's assume we already have a religion established. It already has a holy book and millions of people already have a copy of the memeplex in their minds.

And then there is a slight variation.

(Excerpt) Read more at citizenwarrior.com ...


TOPICS: General Discusssion; Islam; Religion & Culture; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: death; islam; meme; war
Another way of looking at Islam, and why it is so successfully destructive.
1 posted on 10/25/2023 4:50:23 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Thx for posting.

It really seems as if we all have arrived at a “moment.”


2 posted on 10/25/2023 4:53:39 AM PDT by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: marktwain

And the converse.

Not to mention achievements to improve their lives like what the western Christians did.


3 posted on 10/25/2023 5:06:34 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff )
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To: marktwain

4 posted on 10/25/2023 5:12:08 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: marktwain
The muslim holy book calls for killing enemies and if they die in battle they get free trip to heaven and many virgins. Never heard of memplex.
5 posted on 10/25/2023 5:13:13 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well those that did not make it back.)
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To: marktwain

They are doing it because their religion tells them to.. period.

Islam is not and never has been a religion of peace.

Fundamentalist Islam teaches Islam must take over the world and anyone who is not Muslim must convert to Islam, be subservient to Muslims or be killed, period.

The only obligation a faithful Muslim has to his “enemies” is invite them to convert… if they refuse they are free to do whatever they want to them… and I do mean anything and their “religion” not only condones but encourages is because anyone who isn’t a Muslim is just a beast of the land.

Here is no concept of live and let live in fundamentalist Islam.


6 posted on 10/25/2023 5:22:16 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

Well put. There’s also no possibility of “reforming” islam. To even suggest it marks one as an apostate worthy only of death.

If western civilization is to survive islam must be extirpated from the face of the Earth forever.

Period.

L


7 posted on 10/25/2023 5:44:50 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: HamiltonJay
Westerners who have read the print versions of the Holy Quran sold in the USA in the last few decades believe Islam is a "religion of peace" because the translations have been radically changed to make it appear to be.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16955

This is a link to a free book on Gutenberg.org, three translations by 3 Imams of the Holy Quran side by side.

Anyone who reads this will understand what is going on and what will be going on.

8 posted on 10/25/2023 5:45:35 AM PDT by Mogger
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To: Lurker

Tagline.


9 posted on 10/25/2023 5:48:07 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: HamiltonJay

“There is no moderate islam. There is only islam.” Erdogan, President of Turkey and a NATO “ally”.

L


10 posted on 10/25/2023 5:58:55 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: marktwain
"Meme" seems to be a recent invention (in the internet age), short for "enthymeme," a term only known to literary critics and the like. The Greek word enthymema means "a thought," "a piece of reasoning," "an argument," or "an invention."
11 posted on 10/25/2023 6:10:42 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Mogger

Not every Muslim is a fundamentalist... many are just muslim because of where they happened to be born...

Fundamentalist Islam however cannot be made “peaceful” there is nothing peaceful about it.

It doesn’t teach that you live a good life here (or bad life here) and get our eternal reward or punishment afterward. It teaches that the world will know peace when Islam conquers the world... and if you refuse islam you are nothing more than a beast of the land, period.

Islam has a 1400+ year history of violence.

When the powers that be came for Christ, he told his followers to put away their swords, and died for them.

When the powers that be came for Mohammed he told his followers you go kill them and die to protect me.

The believe that Fundamentalist Islam is in any way compatible with western civilization and ideologies is certifiably insane.

Theologically the difference is simple:

Jesus died for your sins, Mohammed killed you for them.


12 posted on 10/25/2023 6:20:49 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Lurker

Oh I am well aware of that quote.


13 posted on 10/25/2023 6:21:31 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

Islam. When worshipping Satan just isn’t evil enough.


14 posted on 10/25/2023 6:53:04 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

They say the greatest trick the devil has ever played is convincing man he does not exist.

I say his greatest trick was convincing man that he is God, Islam is the execution of that trick.


15 posted on 10/25/2023 6:58:30 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Well said.


16 posted on 10/25/2023 9:18:54 AM PDT by unlearner (RIP America. July 4, 1776 - December 13, 2022 . )
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