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| The Rise of the Ignoramus Jihadist | |
| 2010-05-16 | |
| If the number of Nobel laureates is any measure--Islam, 20% of the world's population, has produced 6, while the Jewish community, a tiny minority of 0.2%, has produced 165--intellectual curiosity is not a highly rated virtue in the Koran; "Islam" is a Syriac word meaning submission, which is the surrender of the mind to faith, i.e., the abdication of free conscience and independent thought to the teachings of the Prophet. Most so-called "educated" jihadists, those who see themselves as symbolic emissaries of Islam and are fully convinced of the rectitude of their cause, suffer from a cognitive disorder Thomas Aquinas called "invincible ignorance." The best (or worst) you can say of graduates of the madrasahs is that their knowledge of history and world affairs is roughly equivalent to that of an average American fourth-grader. In no other culture, society, or religion is the pursuit of knowledge viewed with such virulent contempt and ignorance of the world considered evidence of virtue. So when we speak of "educated" jihadists we are referring to training and expertise in a specialized technical field or in one of the professions, like medicine. Practically all university-educated jihadists are engineers and technologists. In terms of general education, however, middle-class, university-educated jihadists like Mohammed Atta, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Jordanian double agent Mulal al-Balawi aren't much better off than ordinary graduates of the illiberal and benighted madrasah, i.e. they reason with the intellectual sophistication of superstitious children.
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| Posted by:ed |
| #11 Thanks, Crazy Fool. I knew somebody here would know what I didn't. ;-) As for the birth rate thingy, according to the CIA World Factbook, the highest fertility rate per woman of childbearing age, by country, has Somalia as the highest for Muslim countries at 6.52 children born/woman, Afghanistan at 5.60, Gaza Strip at 5.03, Saudi Arabia at 3.83, Pakistan at 3.43, the West Bank at 3.22, Egypt at 3.05, Iran at 1.71. By comparison, Israel is reproducing at 2.75 offspring per woman of childbearing years, all of humanity is at 2.56, and the United States is at 2.05. So for all the Arabs trumpet the masculinity of their menfolk by talking of nine children per, that hasn't been so for the generality for quite some time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-16 17:16 |
| #10 I heard Ronald Reagan say it TW. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-05-16 16:32 |
| #9 It's not what they don't know, but what they know that isn't so. If only I could remember who said that originally... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-16 16:16 |
| #8 Lots of leftists also suffer from invincible ignorance. frequently wrong, never uncertain |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-16 15:46 |
| #7 Lots of leftists also suffer from invincible ignorance. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-16 15:41 |
| #6 But they're having babies at the ratio of 12:1 over the 'intellectual world' despite being unable to feed them from their own resources |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-16 15:40 |
| #5 12:1 ratio is irrelevant. Their combat effectiveness is < 1:20 |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-05-16 15:08 |
| #4 The STUPID dont have survival skills and they get flushed soon enough. But they're having babies at the ratio of 12:1 over the 'intellectual world'. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-05-16 11:55 |
| #3 Exposure to Western science and technology does not erase years of obscurantist religious indoctrination and conditioning. It's worse than that. Exposure to Western science causes them to be filled with hatred. Any muslim scientist and engineer has to spend his time using the scientific method, even when the results contradict the Koran. The mental anguish drives them crazy. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-05-16 11:41 |
| #2 Dont reform them. Leave them like they are. The STUPID dont have survival skills and they get flushed soon enough. "Good" Moslems= DUhhh. The average Jihadist couldnt funcion if he didnt buy his technology from us. And they will find it hard to conquer the world on the back of a camel.Right across the board Islamic Culture is garbage and junk. They havent had a good idea in 700 years. Leave 'em alone...dont even hand them a flashlight. Grope in the dark and stumble, Abdrool. |
| Posted by: Clarong Tojo 2010-05-16 08:17 |
| #1 Surely this down to the education system in countries like Saudi,Iran,Pakistan etc which must be reformed! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-05-16 04:43 |