Peaceful Muslims

    A letter to the editor


When was the last time that the Pope called for someone 's  murder for the crime of blasphemy?  When did you ever hear of a gang of fundamentalist Christians massacring a room full of people for insulting Jesus?  Muslims have been doing such things for centuries.  Remember the Ayatollah Khomeini's call for the assassination of  the author of a book he considered blasphemous.  That was in 1989.  And that was only the beginning.
    But we are constantly told that Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslim terrorists are just marginal extremists, and their murders are just workplace violence, and have nothing to do with Islam.  Even when they shout Allahu Akbar while cutting the heads off of innocent people.
    Give me a break!

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At the present time the world's preeminent irrational belief system is Islam. Islam is a absolutist, totalitarian, imperialistic, expansionist and barbarian belief system. It needs to be suppressed.

It is not the only such system, but is is the one that is the most immediate threat to civilization. But it solves nothing to point out that other such systems are, or have been just as dangerous. That the Inquisition committed atrocities is a fact. That the Protestants committed atrocities is also a fact. That the Crusades were evil is not in dispute. But the thing that these examples, as well as many others, have in common is that they were all committed in the name of some religion.

Religion is the antithesis of reason. Religion denies reason. Religion attacks and oppresses reason. The religious believe that the end justifies the means. The ends being universal obedience. This means that any religion will be opposed to every other religion. Opposition represents an existential threat and must be exterminated. Thus there will always be religious wars and conflicts as long as there is more than one religion in the world.

Unbelievers pose a special threat to religions because unbelievers are likely to persuade the faithful into disbelief. This is especially threatening because unbelievers tend to use logic to point out absurdities and inconsistencies in religious doctrines. And, as stated above, reason is the antithesis of belief.

Superstition can be defined as an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear. Superstition denies cause and effect. This is a perfect definition of religion. Men are ignorant of the way the universe works, and ascribe unexplained events to supernatural agencies. Men fear death and wish to deny it's existence by supposing that death will not be the end of their existence.

Power seekers prey on this ignorance by providing explanations and myths. They gain power by claiming to have some kind of special knowledge, or access to the gods. Secular rulers recognize the utility of these beliefs and support and protect the “priests”. People who believe that they will be rewarded in an afterlife for their obedience in this life are easy to control. It is a natural symbiotic relationship which has served both factions well throughout history.

All wars have been caused by power seekers acting to impose their irrational belief systems on others. Until mankind rejects such superstitious and irrational beliefs there will be no progress, and the world will continue to be plagued by by war, oppression and violence. 

UNFINISHED 3/15

IGNORANCE

IGNORANCE

What is the difference between ignorance and stupidity?  Actually, they go hand in hand.  Generally, stupid people are usually very ignorant.  This is because stupidity is the inability to learn.  On the other hand, ignorance is easily cured by education.  The problem is that stupid people can't or won't learn even when exposed to education.  Education is basically the systematic exposure to smart people.  One purpose of school is to expose the young to (presumably) smart teachers who, (also presumably), will impart factual information to their students.  Thus ignorance is cured.

Stupid people however are constitutionally unable to process or understand the information which is imparted to them.  Thus, they remain ignorant.  Stupid people, being unable to learn, are thus forced to get their opinions from other people.  Usually other ignorant people.  This is why stupid people consistently believe stupid things, and are vulnerable to those who want to manipulate them for their own purposes.

As sad as this is, what is even sadder is the state of American education.  Instead of teaching the young how to think and imparting factual information, today’s schools preach pseudo-religious nonsense to the helpless children.  Many children "graduate" from high school without ever learning to read or write, much less learning to think.  Instead they learn to parrot politically correct slogans.  They are taught to hate their country and the country’s accomplishments.  They are taught a revisionist brand of history that as no relation to the facts.  In fact, they are taught that there is no such thing as a fact. Everything is a matter of opinion, and anybody's opinion is as valid as anyone else's.

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REPLY 1

This is the reply to the above letter, with my comments in red.

On Sept. 18, The State Journal-Register published a letter exhorting America to awaken to what was characterized as the dire threat posed by the Muslim religion (letter to the editor: “Wake up, America”).

I was struck with the notion that this diatribe was better suited to a Ku Klux Klan pamphlet than the editorial page of my newspaper. I could easily imagine that in 1920, this same author might have been editorializing on the dangers posed by “the colored races” migrating to northern cities, in 1900 on the threat of hordes of Jewish immigrants and in 1850 on the swarms of Irish “papists.”

The “colored people” refered to here were brought here against their will, or at least the ones I assume the writer is refering to were. The resentment and anger of some segments of the decendants of these involuntary immigrants is perhaps understandable however counter-productive it may be. The writer plays the typical card of racism with no basis in fact. The Jewish “hoards” refered to came to this country legally. They for the most part didn't come here to kill Americans or overthrow the government. To my knowledge they never tried to compel anyone to convert to Judeism. As for the “swarms” of Irish “Papists”; I myself am of Irish decent, and none of my ancestors owned any slaves, or killed any Americans for religious reasons, or beheaded anyone for refusing to convert to Catholicism. And for that matter calling people hordes and swarms seems a little racist and intolerant to me.

Bigotry and ignorance have ever been the unfortunate hallmarks of a certain segment of American society, and it is apparent from this letter that they are now redirected toward the latest target of opportunity.

I have to agree that ignorance and bigotry is all too common in america. But I think we would disagree on just who the ignorant bigots might be.

This letter was an insult to the many God-fearing, patriotic, (who's god? And for which nation?) )Muslim people of this community and contrary to the ideals of tolerance (The writer's notion of tolerance seems to be different than mine) we claim to hold dear in the United States. The Muslim people, in fact, follow the world’s largest monotheistic religion. (I don't understand why this would be considered a good thing, considering that islam wants to destroy the world's second largets religion) Muslims honor the moral precepts of the Ten Commandments and worship the God of Abraham.(At least according to the Koran. I think Jews might disagree.) Those of my acquaintance have uniformly been friendly, generous, devout persons deeply devoted to their families.

People who are Muslims are mostly like everybody else. I have nothing against Muslim people, per se. My distain is for those who accept the tennents of Islam and use them as a reason to kill me and other unbelievers. I find it very hard to believe that any civilized person wouldn't feel the same. But apparently, the writer doesen't)

The real threat to American values are not Muslims, (This is total delusional nonsense. Anybody who wants to kill me for whatever reason is a threat and my enemy.) but those among us who so easily let fear and hatred take place of reason and tolerance, and also newspaper editors who publish hate-mongering without a word of apology, embarrassment or disavowal.

Using the words “reason” and “tolerance” in defense of any religion is oxymorinic.

And the writer seems to be urging the newspaper editors to practice censorship in aid of political correctness. How very tolerant.

James R. Leinicke

HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?

Imagine that you came home to find a bunch of strangers camped out in your living room. When you try to get them to leave, the authorities tell you that not only do you have to let them stay, but you have to feed them, pay for their medical care, and send their children to school.

Furthermore, you are told that since one of them was born in your house, you also must let all their relatives move in too.

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When you ask why, you are told that these people didn’t like where they were living before, and since you have a nicer house in a nicer neighborhood they decided to move in with you. They are entitled to do so because you are a greedy capitalist with a lot of undeserved wealth which needs to be redistributed to those who are more deserving.

Not only that but you are suspected of voting for republicans and your involuntary guests will vote for democrats as soon as they obtain fake documents to do so.

Welcome to Progressive America.