It seems to me that people will not take a look until Islamomania affects them directly or in a way that borders on directly.
9/11 was the wake-up call for many of us here at IBA. If 9/11 had not occurred, then would we still be ignorant about Islam? I think that most of us would be.
The door can indeed by opened from the outside, but I think that getting that door opened from the outside requires a travesty committed by Islamomaniacs.
The jihad attack on Boston Marathon should have cause a surge of research. Did that particular jihad attack make much of a dent? Not much, IMO.
And the beheading of Drummer Lee Rigby in the streets of London? Not much awakening effect that I can see.
The meme that Islam is a religion of peace is more powerful today than it was just a few years ago. Also, people have bought into the meme of a tiny minority of extremists.
PS: Obama's promoting of Islam has also had a great effect in promoting the snoozing. I came up against this stark realization right after the Cairo Speech when my neighbor, who did have an understanding of Islam, said, "They're not all bad, you know." The man voted for Obama -- twice. And he's not willing to acknowledge any mistakes that Obama has made. This man is some 70 years old!
You have to ask them to find for themselves what has happened to Christians and everyone else in Islamic majority nations when the people exert their will. Then ask them to ask themselves WHY that is.
Epaminondas, that's a good one. I've used something similar. While talking about something in the Middle East, I also mention, almost as an aside, that of course that whole area used to be Christian and Jewish before the Islamic conquests.
Always on Watch, I know what you mean, but awakenings are still happening. They are continuously happening. And many of the people who write to me about their experiences say they discovered it themselves from either a friend talking to them and something getting through, or from the smaller acts of jihad that made them look into it.
Many people cannot be reached. That's for sure. But many can, and the question is, "HOW?" What would make someone curious enough to look into it for themselves? What can we do that will not make them reinforce that door but cause them to be curious enough to open it a crack and peek out?
Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:47:00 pm
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I remember listening to a recording of a humorous speaker using the analogy of a guy who slowly loses his hair until he has only one hair left on his head. He shampoos that hair and combs it lovingly every day. But one morning when he wakes up, he looks down at his pillow and sees what was his last remaining hair sitting there on the pillow. And he cries out, "My God! I'm bald!"
When I look at all the information pouring in from Turkey to Bangladesh, from Britain to Australia, about the relentless encroachment of orthodox Islam, it seems that anyone should be able to easily see that Islam is a dangerous ideology and something should be done about it.
People who don't see this seem like the guy with one hair left, unwilling yet to recognize that he is going bald.
But then I realize that all this "information pouring in" is not being seen by those who are still unacquainted with Islam. If the only thing you read was the Huffington Post and the New York Times, Time Magazine and Newsweek, and all you watched was CNN and MSNBC, you would feel that you had a very good grasp of what's going on in the world, and yet you would have a very different view than readers of Jihad Watch or Citizen Warrior. From that point of view, anyone who thinks Islam is the problem would appear much like the sexist, racist bigots of yesteryear, so you wouldn't listen to them, further cutting you off from your last remaining available source of the information that could potentially pour in.
How do we open this closed door? If you try forcing the door open, the person could respond by reinforcing the door.
It's possible the door cannot be opened from outside. Maybe it has to be opened from within.
What would motivate a person unacquainted with Islam to open the door to the hideous, frightening, enraging information waiting to pour in and forever shatter his innocence? That is the question we should all be pondering. That is what should be keeping us up at night.
I want to hear it. What can you say or do that will motivate an unacquainted person (a person who thinks Islam is a religion of peace) to open his door and look on the other side? Because we don't really have to convince people. Once someone sincerely tries to find out whether or not Islamic doctrines are peaceful, they will discover the disturbing nature of Islam.
We've heard from many people over the years telling us that they were tired of hearing a particular person in their lives speak "badly" about Islam, so they started reading up on it so they could prove the person wrong. But of course, they discovered the terrifying truth.
This makes our task easier, in a way. We don't have to convince people that we know what we're talking about. We only need to make them curious enough to look into it. The facts speak for themselves.
So again I'm asking you — how can this be done? What have you tried before that worked? What do you think might work? Leave your answer in the comments below or email it to me and I'll post it for you (anonymously unless you tell me to post your name), and later I'll compile these answers into a post that future newbies can use as a resource — because once they become acquainted with Islam, the first thing most people want to do is share their mind-blowing new understanding with their friends and family, most of whom will think they've lost their minds. They will need help. Let's give it to them.
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Close this window Jump to comment formIt seems to me that people will not take a look until Islamomania affects them directly or in a way that borders on directly.
9/11 was the wake-up call for many of us here at IBA. If 9/11 had not occurred, then would we still be ignorant about Islam? I think that most of us would be.
The door can indeed by opened from the outside, but I think that getting that door opened from the outside requires a travesty committed by Islamomaniacs.
The jihad attack on Boston Marathon should have cause a surge of research. Did that particular jihad attack make much of a dent? Not much, IMO.
And the beheading of Drummer Lee Rigby in the streets of London? Not much awakening effect that I can see.
The meme that Islam is a religion of peace is more powerful today than it was just a few years ago. Also, people have bought into the meme of a tiny minority of extremists.
Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:28:00 pm
PS: Obama's promoting of Islam has also had a great effect in promoting the snoozing. I came up against this stark realization right after the Cairo Speech when my neighbor, who did have an understanding of Islam, said, "They're not all bad, you know." The man voted for Obama -- twice. And he's not willing to acknowledge any mistakes that Obama has made. This man is some 70 years old!
Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:30:00 pm
You have to ask them to find for themselves what has happened to Christians and everyone else in Islamic majority nations when the people exert their will.
Then ask them to ask themselves WHY that is.
Saturday, June 15, 2013 1:17:00 pm
Epaminondas, that's a good one. I've used something similar. While talking about something in the Middle East, I also mention, almost as an aside, that of course that whole area used to be Christian and Jewish before the Islamic conquests.
I always see surprise in their eyes.
Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:44:00 pm
Always on Watch, I know what you mean, but awakenings are still happening. They are continuously happening. And many of the people who write to me about their experiences say they discovered it themselves from either a friend talking to them and something getting through, or from the smaller acts of jihad that made them look into it.
Many people cannot be reached. That's for sure. But many can, and the question is, "HOW?" What would make someone curious enough to look into it for themselves? What can we do that will not make them reinforce that door but cause them to be curious enough to open it a crack and peek out?
Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:47:00 pm