Does Islam manufacture "stepford" people?

Question

The "Stepford Wives" was a creepy movie about replacing wives with lifeless robotic-like woman who do as they are told.

The rituals and rules of Islam help to manufacture the same type of creepy obedience. Its hard to understand if your comparing the religion to the Christian experience or any other. In fact, shockingly some non-muslims find the effects of this brainwashing something to be admired.

Imagine the life of a "pious" Muslim. He wakes up early to the "call to prayer" and prays to the violent version of God (Allah) he believes in with all his heart. For the rest of the day, on cue, hes hitting the floor to pray to this fiction.

Thus, the rituals of Islam saturate the entire day, never letting the Muslim forget its Muslim. This is huge because religious belief is not something one feels every second, there must be an artificial prompt.

Associating these powerfully (and constantly) felt emotions with the dogma of Islam makes for perfect...perfect brainwashing.

Answer 1

Yes except many of these robots are wearing bombs instead of aprons.

***EDIT: i'mok - Go read the article on Yahoo about the Jordanian judge who gave a man 6 months because he killed his pregnant sister. It seems she dishonored the family and he tried to strangle her and then put a pillow over her face and sat on it. But the judge thought he was justified in his craziness. BRAINWASHED and allah is not God!

God Bless.

Answer 2

No, I don't think you've learned what there is to learn about Islam. What rituals do you mean other from the prayers that saturate a Muslim everyday? To be honest, I've met a lot of Muslims and they aren't so stepford as you put it.

Why don't you dig deeper before you deem it as being so "controlled"? So far all you've mentioned is the Islam you see and hear, why not ask questions to something you've proven as a fact? The answer lies in the details.

On the other end of the spectrum, I think western media has also manufactured its own method of perfect brainwashing. It's made people so afraid of a religion they really don't know much about and the worse thing is you can add an element of paranoia to that equation. I think media has done a better job at it than Islam. In this case. the people they've created are not only robots each with the intelligence to think of ways to fight Islam subconsciously or consciously. It's this intelligence, when in the wrong hands can prove to be extremely dangerous than those fanatic extremists we see on TV. They are outnumbered by millions of paranoid Muslim fearing people..

Answer 3

Actually, if one really is submitted to Christ, he or she will have the Will of God on their minds constantly. They will not have to be "brain washed" because the Holy Spirit will be constantly guiding them. As for prayer, that is a constant also. There is no need for prompting, if your soul is in the habit of constantly praying for anything that needs to be set before the Lord. This is done by freewill as God will never take our free will away. If releigion is taking away freewill, then it is not a true religion or worship of the True God.

Answer 4

That's certainly one effect of forcing people to think about a religion a certain number of times each day.


I could never live like that. Aside from the low status of women in that religion, and all the mythology and such, and the fact that gods are silly, I have a hard enough time scheduling regular meals and sleep. There's no way I'd be able to bow and talk to myself at particular times.


Nice avatar, by the way.

Answer 5

Not all Muslims are like that, you are stereotyping. My Dad treats my Mother like a queen. You are just going by what you see on TV. Besides, there are only a couple Muslim countries where Women do not have rights. Why don't you research Lebanon, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen instead of just looking at Saudi and Afghanistan.

Answer 6

I agree and rather believe that God gives us free will to worship him when we want to, not all day long. If God really wanted this of us then we were created for his sake and not to live free. If God is Love then I refuse to believe that God is truly that way.

Answer 7

Oh dear, Another one.

So basically, you should be referring to every religion then because the whole purpose of religion is to practice and to believe. Right? And according to you, living your life in an organized manner where you have prayers on a certain time means we are "robotic".

Hmm, So explain a persons normal day to me. The typical wake-up. Watch the news, take a shower, eat breakfast, go to work and come back... Would you say that is robotic?

Not preparing a question that makes any sense makes your mind the perfect dogma of perpetual ignorance and narrow minded infiltrated unrelenting non-tolerant euphemism.. I find you rather funny. thanks for the laugh dear.

25:64 And the servants of the Gracious God are those who walk on the earth in a dignified manner, and when the ignorant address them, they say, 'Peace!'

Answer 8

No! In Islam there is absolutely no difference between men and women! Why dont u get some accurate info instead of making up lies?i guess u shud stop stereotyping! Islam is a pure and peaceful religion that teaches you how to live yr lives properly. It tells u to respect everyone doent matter if u r a man or woman. everyone has to be treated equally in Islam. maybe there are some Muslim ppl who are using Islam to cover their bad deeds but i think that they are not Muslims.

Answer 9

sometimes i think so there is a man on this board whos obviosly muslim and all his answers are cut and pastes slamming jews and the irony of ironies is he is using atheistic websites to prove christianity wrong i get such a laugh out of that guy

Answer 10

No. But the LDS and some fundamentalist Christian sects do.