15. Muslim Death-worshippers

Bin Laden admits that Mo-ans worship death:

"The Islamic Nation is the Nation of Martyrdom, the Nation that desires death more than you [Americans] desire life."
-- Osama Bin Laden, "A Letter To America", November 24, 2002; quoted in "Osama's Revenge", by Paul L. Williams [page 18].

Ayn Rand couldn't have said it better.

Actually, she did say it better.She described the philosophy of the death-worshippers in detail in her essay, "For the New Intellectual" and especially in Galt's speech in "Atlas Shrugged".

"[T]he damnation of life and the worship of death, with the promise of rewards beryond the grave -- these are the necessary tenets of the Witch Doctor's view of existence....' [FNI, page 18]

"To the extent to which [a man] is irrational, the premise directing his actions is death." [AS, page 936]

"Death is the standard of your values, death is your chosen goal...." [AS, 943]

"[The mystic's] ideal is death,his craving is to kill, his only satisfaction is to torture." [AS, 962]

From which we may infer that Bin Laden is an irrational mystic killer. Sounds accurate. "Crazy terrorist" would be a pretty good synonym.

This also explains why many Mo-ans look on Bin Laden as their hero: the religion of Islam teaches them to worship death.

I guess it gives them something to live for. Just kidding.

Ceph