Posted on 10/14/2001 11:53:36 PM PDT by Dan Day
This might explain the appeal that Islam has among the Black underclass. It reinforces the fatalistic world-view that was already present among them
Fatalism is integral to the Islamic world-view. When a Muslim makes a statement about doing something in the future, he always seems to append "inshallah" (God willing). The idea that a man can shape his own future, and is responsible for his own condition seems to be absent from Muslim culture
Islam is a culture of conquest. It's Golden Age was during its period of expansion and conquest. It absorbed Persia and Babylon and Byzantium, Roman colonies in North Africa, and parts of India.
In the process, it absorbed people who understood how to run a civilization. While such people were being absorbed, Islamic civilization functioned. But for existing Muslims, there was no respect for learning that was not related to the Koran. When Islam stopped conquering existing civilizations, and the inflow of people stopped, Islam went into decline.
Don't bet on it.
I'm having a very hard time making a sell.
"You know, Bin Laden is more mainstream than you think."
"Oh, come on. They're not all like that."
"No. Not all. I'm sure most of them do their jobs and go home and watch TV. The problem is, none of this stuff is against their religion. Most of them probably don't even know it. You wouldn't believe the stuff that's in the Koran. Did you know that when Mohammed was 50 he married a nine-year-old?..."
"Oh come on. There's crazy stuff in every religion..."
Anyone else having a similar experience?
BUMP
It has much to do with the religion. Muslim men are supposed to have 4 wives and they are all to be breeders, but no man who must work for a living can support 4 wives and 40 children, the women aren't supposed to work so they can't contribute financially so obviously most except the oil men will be impoverished. Islam supports the buying of wives, an older man can buy a 12 year old and keep her having babies, then he dies and leaves a jobless young widos. Also women are not supposed to be educated. Obviously a man with 40 kids isn't going to be spending any time with any of them, the women can't read books or teach their children so the culture promotes ignorance. Then there's the problem of the 3 out 4 men who don't have wives, they have no purpose but to die for the religion.
They don't merit philosophical musings -- They deserve prompt retribution.
The Chinese experienced a similar lock in time. They were very advanced many thousands of years ago long before the other civilizations but something happened. They were forging and casting various metals very early on. Whatever it was basically stopped all innovation and locked their history.
Isn't this how the Democrats set up the House Bank?
definitely
We will soon see just how peaceful and tolerant Islam really is.
Stay wel _ Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
Once the Western food and medicine and machine parts stop flowing into the islamic nations, they will slide into warlordism, civil war, anarchy, starvation and disease. In ten years, they will resemble Kabul or Mogadishu.
Precisely why I think that our military policy should be to let them stew and quietly eliminate those who plan to export a violent manifest of internal frustration.
In the ancient world, conquest of land was considered a hallmark of civilization and by that count, Islam was remarkably successful until about the time of the European Renaissance. But other than some geometric art and some modern scientists (who live in the west), the Islamic world has produced very little for civilization. In fact, innovation is actively discouraged by most Muslim nations even though some very creative and intelligent people do break through -- especially in the modern era.
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