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| Crisis of Faith in the Muslim World |
| 2005-10-31 |
| Negotiating the demographic decline of the 21st century will be treacherous for countries that have proven their capacity to innovate and grow. For the Islamic world, it will be impossible. That is the root cause of Islamic radicalism, and there is nothing that the West can do to change it. - Spengler |
| Posted by:john |
| #1 I reject their axiom, that declining demographics is based in declining religion. Throughout the 20th century, it was noted that when a given nation reached a relative economic plateau, its birthrate invariably dropped to 2.1 children per family. Religion, or the lack thereof, had no noticeable effect. The only other major causitive factor was government. Government policy on its own had little effect until birth rates were at this plateau, but then they could reduce birthrates further. This could be done by making having children more difficult, expensive and demanding on potential parents, who then chose to have even fewer children. So if religion does have any effect on demographics, it is either so localized, or so unnoticeable, that it deserves little mention. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-10-31 21:07 |