Did you know that 97.3892% of all Muslim statistics are just made up spontaneously to make Islam seem special?

Question

It's true! I read it somewhere. I wrote it down, and then I read it. I believe EVERYTHING I read, as long as it makes promotes Islam and makes it seem powerful, amazing, true, popular, miraculous, etc, etc, etc.

How many of you believe me, and how many of you actually have a brain in your head that is capable of rational anaytical and critical thinking?

I ask this question because some Muslim con-man claims that 13 million people have memorized the Koran, as if that makes Islam a good religion somehow.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjQJsXMUnYmaPQwusK75EJfsy6IX?qid=20061011191951AAcB0H5

Where does he get this number? Where does it come from? Did they take a world wide poll? Could it be 1 million? Could it be 100,000? How can we know?

Answer 1

Of course I knew that, 78.45% of people do.

Answer 2

Muslims are very devout. They believe that the Qur'an is infallible. They have difficulty understanding why everyone does not believe in Islam after being presented the "proofs" of Islam. That is why everything associated with the Qur'an is described by such superlatives.

Some people make up statistics because it agrees with their opinions. Even some scientific researchers have been found to "fudge" their statistics. Statistics are just a way to quantify results of a poll or experiment.

Every person of normal intelligence is capable of rational, analytical and critical thinking but many have not learned to do this in school. This is true of Western educational systems as well as those in the Middle East. The first step is to learn about logic fallacies then go from there.

I like this list of 35 dimensions of critical thought developed by
Paul, Binker, Jensen, and Kreklau (1990).

A. Affective Strategies

1 thinking independently
2 developing insight into egocentricity or sociocentricity
3 exercising fairmindedness
4 exploring thoughts underlying feelings and feelings underlying thoughts
5 developing intellectual humility and suspending judgment
6 developing intellectual courage
7 developing intellectual good faith or integrity
8 developing intellectual perseverance
9 developing confidence in reason

B. Cognitive Strategies--Macro-Abilities

10 refining generalizations and avoiding oversimplifications
11 comparing analogous situations: transferring insights to new contexts
12 developing one's perspective: creating or exploring beliefs, arguments, or theories
13 clarifying issues, conclusions, or beliefs
14 clarifying and analyzing the meanings of words or phrases
15 developing criteria for evaluation: clarifying values and standards
16 evaluating the credibility of sources of information
17 questioning deeply: raising and pursuing root or significant questions
18 analyzing or evaluating arguments, interpretations, beliefs, or theories
19 generating or assessing solutions
20 analyzing or evaluating actions or policies
21 reading critically: clarifying or critiquing texts
22 listening critically: the art of silent dialogue
23 making interdisciplinary connections
24 practicing Socratic discussion: clarifying and questioning beliefs, theories, or perspectives
25 reasoning dialogically: comparing perspectives, interpretations, or theories
26 reasoning dialectically: evaluating perspectives, interpretations, or theories

C. Cognitive Strategies--Micro-Skills

27 comparing and contrasting ideals with actual practice
28 thinking precisely about thinking: using critical vocabulary
29 noting significant similarities and differences
30 examining or evaluating assumptions
31 distinguishing relevant from irrelevant facts
32 making plausible inferences, predictions, or interpretations
33 evaluating evidence and alleged facts
34 recognizing contradictions
35 exploring implications and consequences" (p. 56)

I like this definition
Critical thinking can be seen as having two components: 1) a set of information and belief generating and processing skills, and 2) the habit, based on intellectual commitment, of using those skills to guide behavior. It is thus to be contrasted with: 1) the mere acquisition and retention of information alone, because it involves a particular way in which information is sought and treated; 2) the mere possession of a set of skills, because it involves the continual use of them; and 3) the mere use of those skills ("as an exercise") without acceptance of their results.

In conclusion, religion has little to do with critical thinking. It is based upon faith and belief. It is based on doing what everybody else does. So if a lot of people believe or do something then a person feels compelled to believe or do the same. There is absolutely no logic involved. As my friend, Doug, would say, "Only a fool argues with an idiot." I reply, "Yah, but sometimes you talk to yourself."

Answer 3

you know Jenny you could learn more if you spent this much effort on understanding our religion. I agree that accurate numbers and percentage are not possible, but you don't realise almost every single Muslim has Quran memorised in one way or the other. Heres how, we pray five times a day and a part of every one of these prayers is some verses from the Quran, since prayers are mandatory, every Muslim has to fulfill this requirement, so yes every Muslim know some Quran, peace to you

Answer 4

People aren't as stupid as you think. Any body can rake up figures and say what they want to, it is another thing who believes who. However, I somewhat believe the Muslims, because these people are mechanically driven, do not have minds of their own - What they are not telling us is that if that child at age 6 does not memorize the Quran he and his family will be put to death. Children as young as 5 carrying guns and bombs - blowing up themselves in the name of a god. If I was told that they have to eat it I'd believe.

Answer 5

Islam is special to those who understand. In the end, it's not the statistics that matters, it's the quality of the followers that does.

Answer 6

Don't ever believe statistics. Its never 100% accurate to begin with.

Answer 7

It's the same thing as when US forces enter a battle in Iraq and report killing let's say 75 islamic insurgents and losing 2 soldiers. The islamists report that NO islamist were killed and that hundreds of the soldiers of the great satan were killed. And guess what. Everybody over in islamic la la land actually believes it. Go figure.

Answer 8

Wrong statistic. Does your Bible teach you to go around and find which religion is wrong and which religion is right? Must be a very corrupted Holy Book.

Answer 9

I've seen your other posts. You are obviously a fundamentalist Christian. Christianity and Islam both preach love and respect. You are not Christian.

Answer 10

Wow, thats some statistic. Did You just make that up?

Answer 11

So you actually believe yourself to be a rational analytical and critical thinker? You're pathetic. Sorry I have to resort to insults, but a display of severe stupidity justifies it.