Jews vs. Muslims:

[graymatter]

The reason the Arabs and Jews have such disparity is because the majority of Arabs who seek the destruction of Israel live in too much sand... it makes me wonder why Canadians who live in too much snow don't declare Jihad on Americans, which makes me wonder how many Canadians are Nobel Laureates?

But, hey, where's the list of greatest Jewish athletes?

[Breukelen advocaat]

.But, hey, where's the list of greatest Jewish athletes?

I have lists of them in a book The Jewish Directory and Almanac. There are actually quite a few - besides professional players, it includes many Jewish Olympic Gold, Siver and Bronze medalists from different countries, from the 19th Century to when the book was published in 1984. They've won for fencing, rowing, swimming (including Mark Spitz), vollyball, yachting, wrestling, gymnastics, speed skating, water polo, long jump, boxing, free rifle, javelin throw, basketball, shot put, soccar, kayaking, long horse vault, judo, weightlifting, etc.

And one of the best professional ball players: National Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, from Brooklyn!

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/ho...ufax_Sandy.htm

[jamstigator]

The list of Nobel winners doesn't show or prove that Jews are smarter than anyone else, including Muslims. What it shows is that, as a population, Jews value education more than most (if not all) other populations, and a highly educated populace will always have the advantage in intellectual endeavors. That doesn't mean they're smarter, just more dedicated, which arises from a long tradition of placing great importance on education from an early age. (Although if one were talking solely about Ashkenazi Jews, they apparently *are* the smartest ethnic population on the planet, edging out Asians by a few points of IQ on average.)

I suspect if the families of the rest of the world emphasized education as much as the average Jewish family does, there'd be a lot more educated people on the planet, and a lot less violence. There'd also be a more ethnically diverse background for Nobel winners. You can't really denigrate the Jews for kicking ass intellectually; it's the rest of us that need to catch on to how important education is.

It's not just how smart you are, but also (and probably most importantly) what you do with the smarts you have.

[Bong30]

The Muslim religon is in the Dark ages...........


They want to drag us into it.........................


I would rather drag them out of it.

[graymatter]

And the underlying assumption in all of this is that intellect equals moral and ethical behavior.

It's a faulty assumption.

Look as recently as Osama bin Laden, who received a traditional education; or, look at Dr. Josef Mengele, the SS physician at Auschwitz, who conducted some pretty disgusting experiments.

[Marlboroman]

There is nothing intentionally racist about this thread;

Being Jewish or being Muslim has nothing to do with race either.

Black, white, asian, europian- those are races.

Jewish, Muslim, Christian,- those are religions.

Peace.

[Marlboroman]

And the underlying assumption in all of this is that intellect equals moral and ethical behavior.

It's a faulty assumption.

I agree.

I think the original post is also meant to imply a religiuos superiority as well.

Altho my personal belief is that the Jewish religion is more of a culture vs a religion. However, its generally considered a religion by most.

Peace.

[amsterdammed]

There is nothing Racist in those remarks, but truth

It is taught to all muslim children that Israel is the enemy

wrong, wrong, wrong

what is 'told' to all muslims is that israel stole palestinian land, which is true.

[Bong30]

^^^^^^ sounds like GS ^^^^^^^

[Krogith]

wrong, wrong, wrong

what is 'told' to all muslims is that israel stole palestinian land, which is true.

This is true and Isreal never left all of South leb in 2002. (50 year old Cartman) "50yoc" Use a fact or some kind of intelligent responce instead of "o you sound like so and so..." ( like that points out anything)