mandag den 12. juli 2010

THEORY OF ELEMENTS AND CHANGE

The logical argument for existence of god:

First reason: the order

It is possible to proof that it is endlessly unlikely (and even in many ways) to be a coincidence that our universes have the next 4 qualities in regard to the laws of physics and logic:
1. it’s not chaos or chaotic, it has laws (the laws of physics and logic).
2. Those laws work anywhere in the universe, exactly in the same way,
3. They work all the time, for billions of years.
4. All the laws of physics, even though there really are allot of them fit together to create a world that make sense, even though some of them are long and/or complicated.
5. it’s in a way that we (or some other kind of intelligent way of life) can survive in it, and even relatively easily if we do things right.

Examples:















Or a world with laws, but just not meant for us, like: too hot, too cold, too small objects. Only one big object which would have been a black hole, so it would stay like that.
things moving too fast, laws of physics that are not constant, no electricity(the brain works on electricity), no fluids, no water, no gas, no solid, not enough useful materials, no chemical energy, no nuclear energy (this means no light and heat from the sun), no light, no and so on...

There are also things that are not necessary for us, but are good like fire magnetism (it protects as from many harmful things), fuels, clouds, and also the strength of gravity in proportion to mass, fit our needs well, we are not too heavy, even though the earth is very big, and many other facts...

Example for endlessness:














If all the country was covered with dots like this, and every one of this dots represented something completely different, than together they would still be nothing in amount in comparison to endlessness.
But it might help you understand the idea of endlessness.

If this is not a coincident, then there could be only 2 ways to explain this, either the laws of physics where legislated so that they will create a place where intelligent life can evolve an survive and flourish in. in that case he that made the laws of physics can be called GOD, because he designed our universe, and maybe others.
or that it’s not a coincident that the laws of physics are so that they will create a place where intelligent life can evolve an survive and flourish in, because an endless number of different things/universes/realities/places also exist in an active way somewhere, each with different laws, and also an endless amount of them with no rules, but with different things, and an endless amount that are just one big thing, with or without rules or a definition of what it is. And so in that case, it is not so unlikely that our universe with the laws of physics also exist.

But the second explanation doesn't make sense without GOD, because it means that together, all of those things/universes/realities/places contain everything, imaginable or not.
Because it’s an endless number, of different from each other things that can be anything, because some of them don't obey any rules, and some obey rules, but those rules can be anything, because they are also different from universe to universe. So together they would have contained everything, imaginable or not.

So, There would have been also things that can come here, or affect us here, because this is also in the category of everything, imaginable or not.
And even if there was something trying to stop them, for some reason that is not GOD; there would have been also things that are so, that they are able to go through or over or under or around that thing.
Or that they are so that this thing can’t stop them, or they can disappear in one side of it and appear on the other, or they can affect things here from where they are, and all kind of things like that, whatever. You can definitely see, that there are many things and ways and so on, in that category everything, imaginable or not.













Example: a wall won’t help you against something like this, because maybe it can just go through it like it wasn't there, or maybe it can be in more than one place at the same time, so it doesn't even care about the wall and things like that...
Because it just so happens, that is how that thing is.

Second reason: Jesus Christ.

Why would CHRIST choose to not have any kind of personal life? That is no sexual activity, even mentally, and never doing anything because that’s what he feels like doing.
And instead spend his entire life doing the will of GOD, refraining from sin, suffering torture and humiliation, and then dying by crucifixion.
All of this without a bit of doubt or hesitation.
And how is it that every quote of him contains more wisdom than anything anyone else ever said? Even though he said many of those quotes without having more than some minutes or seconds to think.
And why did 12 man volunteer to follow him everywhere all day long for many years Instead of living there lives? And some of them were also killed.
And why would hundreds or thousands of people believe him?
Remember there was none of the technology you know today, the only means of communication was talking and writing by hand.
And it was in a small area, in a small land.
Why all of this unless he was really the son of god? (What this means can be interpreted in more than one way, but he was directly related to god).
He didn't do it for personal gain, that's for sure, because he gained nothing, but lost everything.
so what else can be possible?, the only other option is that he was one of the most mentally ill man that ever lived, and it somehow made him believe he was the son of god.
but it's possible to see he was not an incredibly mentally ill man, because he was in great mental condition and was organised enough to do all this trips and survive even though he didn’t have any job or money, at a much tougher time in history.
He was always reasonable, sharp minded, clever, and objective, he was able to sympathise with other people, connected to reality, and he was fearless and confident. Doesn’t sound like crazy to me.

If there is any mental illness that can make someone believe he is the son of god, than it's what is called grandiose delusional disorder.
Grandiose delusions or delusions of grandeur are principally a subtype of delusional disorder but could possibly feature as a symptom of schizophrenia and manic episodes of bipolar disorder.
someone suffering from an extreme delusional disorder should experience very severe anxiety called paranoia, Christ was exactly the opposite of that, he was always reasonable and apparently fearless.
He was not schizophrenic, because these people contradict themselves all the time, or at least allot, and he did not do that.
He was not suffering from manic episodes of bipolar disorder, because he did not believe he was the son of god in some week or month of his life, but all of his life.
Also Mania is generally characterized by a distinct period of an elevated, expansive, or irritable mood state. People commonly experience an increase in energy and a decreased need for sleep. A person's speech may be pressured, with thoughts experienced as racing. Attention span is low and a person in a manic state may be easily distracted. Judgment may become impaired; sufferers may go on spending sprees or engage in behavior that is quite abnormal for them. They may indulge in substance abuse, particularly alcohol or other depressants, cocaine or other stimulants, or sleeping pills. Their behavior may become aggressive, intolerant or intrusive. People may feel out of control or unstoppable. People may feel they have been "chosen," are "on a special mission," or other grandiose or delusional ideas. Sexual drive may increase. At more extreme phases of bipolar I, a person in a manic state can begin to experience psychosis, or a break with reality, where thinking is affected along with mood. Many people in a manic state experience severe anxiety and are very irritable (to the point of rage), while others are euphoric and grandiose.
As you know Christ was not like that, except from feeling he is on a special mission, but that doesn’t count, because that's why i wrote this to begin with.

There are also many other less significant reasons to believe in god, for example the solar eclipse, but that is not the point of this article.

The logical argument for lack of existence of god:

God is also endlessly unlikely to be a coincident or at least incredibly unlikely... so how was he created? And if someone created him, then how was he created and so on.

Part 1 of the theory

The theory is that our reality is made of at list 2 internal elements, and at list one internal principal. The first element is the one that experience changes. Things that are of the first element are:
Matter, energy, time, space, light, antimatter, and probably some other things.

The other element is the one that is not changing. Things that are of the second element need to be in a specific way to be themselves.
Things that are of the second element are:
Possibilities, concepts, definitions, rules/laws, and also ideas and emotions, but not what we fill; the meaning of them. And some other things that also need to be in a specific way to be themselves.

the one principle is, that things which are of the first element constantly experience changes according to the meaning of specific things that are of the second element, that can do that, at that specific situation.

For example:
You can break a chair, right. But you can't break the idea of a chair, or the possibility of something that a human can seat on that is not very much bigger than a human. It’s just not something changeable in my opinion.
Ideas and other things of the second element can affect things from the first one like the idea that you need to wake up tomorrow can cause a change in that that you will put an alarm, to wake up.
And the law of gravity pulls objects together and all the other laws of physics also work all the time to make things happen to first element things. But they are of the second element, because they are laws, they don't have weight or size or shape or color or speed, and so on...











But not all the things from the second element can affect everything or even anything from the first one, all the time or at all.
For example:
If I or you, take some papers, and start writing imaginary laws of physics, like for example that the weight of an object is determined by how green it is, And that once a week the universe turns into a huge hamburger.
The laws described on those papers will not actually be applied on everything that is of physical existence, as the laws of physics are, and will not cause that this things will happen.
But the laws of physics on the other hand, do actually determine what everything that is of physical existence (mater, energy, time, space, light, antimatter, and maybe more), must do.
Like the law of gravity for example.

Another example: the possibility of using electricity is constantly affecting the reality these days. But the possibility of conquering the world, while using only cucumbers as a weapon is not. Because the first one is relevant to the current reality and the other one is not.
so for those reasons i said that the one principle is, that things which are of the first element constantly experience changes according to the meaning of specific things that are of the second element, that can do that, at that specific situation.

The theory is that there was a time when GOD, the laws of physics and maybe also the laws of logic didn't exist yet; but the elements and the principle did.
At that period what was happening was a process that was so:
Different second element things that were capable of causing change upon first element things in the current situation at that point, did so (caused change upon first element things). But that resulted in a new situation because they changed the situation. So in the new situation different second element things where capable of causing change upon first element things in the current situation at that new point, so they did so (caused change upon first element things). But that resulted in a new situation because they changed the situation. So in the new situation different second element things where capable of causing change upon first element things, in the current situation at that new point, so they did so (caused change upon first element things), and so on.
this process continued on and on, until at some point something that had a will of his oven, and was intelligent, got a chance to make a change, when he did, what he did, was to make the situation so that only he can be a reason for further change, and so he became GOD.
I don't know have he did that, or what he did afterwards. But apparently it required some thought, because otherwise something non-intelligent would have done that earlier. And he is smart enough to create everything that we know, so he is smart.

One way he could have done that was to create a situation where each second element thing (Possibilities, concepts, definitions, rules/laws, and also ideas and emotions, but not what we fill; the meaning of them. And some other things that also need to be in a specific way to be themselves) has as much influence as the second element thing that is that is the opposite of it in meaning.
For example: yes and no, backwards forwards, growing shrinking, going from a to b and going from b to a, happy and sad, and so on.
But he didn't balance himself so, he was the only thing that had influence on the first element, so at that point he became god, because he was the only reason to why anything happens, and he had a will of his oven, and he was very smart.

Why should you believe that the first part of this theory is true?
Because it solves this problems that result from the facts in the beginning:
1. How come the laws of physics exist, and are as if they are meant for us?
2. Jesus Christ was not crazy
3. If GOD is the answer then how was he created?
The answer to this question must result in something that could actually create almost everything we know, and that might have some reason to do that. Also the answers must make sense, and fit with the facts we knew for surety.

Part 2

It’s possible to say that it was a hard task for god to create us and a place where we can live, because evidently it took him at least 15 billion years, and possibly much more.
And that makes sense because even if he can do whatever he wants; because we know that there are really allot of laws of physics, and that they all fit together to something that makes sense, and some of them are very complicated, and there are many different kinds and species of animals and plants.
So if he worked very long and hard to make almost everything we know, than apparently it was important to him.
So, apparently he cares about us, or at least about some of us, at least in some way.
Otherwise why would he do that?
And so based on the above, and on that we are not in any significant contact with him here, it's very reasonable, that we or some of us will have some kind relation to him after this life.
And also that’s what Jesus said.
And as I mentioned, he didn't have a reason to lie, and it's possible to see he wasn't suffering from an incredibly sever case of grandiose delusional disorder.

What does this theory has to do with the lds church?

It has to do that on 30.1.2010 I was baptized into the lds church.
And on the next day, which was Sunday, I was subject to a ceremony called the laying down of hands, which is a ceremony that gives a convert the Holy Ghost.
And on that Sunday after church I started thinking about all of this.
Also it fits well with Mormon revelations, like this one for example:
"The Hebrew word translated as "created" means "shaped, fashioned, created, always divine activity" (Genesis 1:1c). The Prophet Joseph Smith explained:
"You ask the learned doctors why they say the world was made out of nothing: and they will answer, 'Doesn't the Bible say He created the world?' And they infer, from the word create, that it must have been made out of nothing. Now, the word create came from the word baurau which does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize; the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence, we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos- chaotic matter, which is element, and in which dwells all the glory. Element had an existence from the time he had. The pure principles of element are principles which can never be destroyed; they may be organized and reorganized, but not destroyed. They had no beginning, and can have no end." (Teachings, pp. 350-52)

And Also:
Matthew 7:15-29
15 "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

So, according to this passage, the LDS church and its prophets are true (at least the main ones), because the results of there prophecies are evidently good.
Mormons are (on average) better at keeping gods commandments than any other denomination.
So according to Christ the LDS church is true, that's good enough.

Written by noam burde in århus Denmark

The Three-Pronged Islamic Pitchfork by Baron Bodissey

The Three-Pronged Islamic Pitchfork
by Baron Bodissey

To the extent that Western nations are willing to consider the danger of Islam, their entire preoccupation is with violent jihad. And, when they can bring themselves to discuss it, political leaders and journalists prefer to avoid the words “Islam” or “jihad”, and instead speak of “terrorism”. The T-word itself, however, has fallen out of favor in recent years and been replaced with “violent extremism” or even “man-caused disasters” — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s classic circumlocution for the Danger That Shall Not Be Named.

Jihad, however, is just a small part of the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy for the conquest of the West. Jihad is a necessary and indispensable component of the subjugation of the infidel, but it is the final action of Islam against the infidels, the last spasm of violence before “they pay the jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” (Koran 9:29).

There are three major components to the Islamic strategy for overcoming the infidel democracies: the Ummah, Dawah, and Jihad. Each is necessary for Islamic success, but Jihad is the final stroke, and consumes far less time, resources, and manpower than the other two.

1. The Ummah

The Ummah is the collective of all Islamic believers, Sunni and Shi’ite, wherever they reside.

Countries which have large enough Muslim populations have banded together to form the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). According to the OIC homepage:


The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations which has membership of 57 states spread over four continents. The Organization is the collective voice of the Muslim world and ensuring [sic] to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony among various people of the world. [emphasis added]

In other words, the OIC claims to be the official representative of the entire Ummah.

Up until 1924, when Turkey became a secular state, the Ummah took political form in the Caliphate. The Ottoman sultan was also the Caliph, and thus the ostensible leader of all the world’s Muslims. The abolition of the Caliphate was a grievous blow to devout Muslims, a blasphemous violation of Islamic scripture. Fundamentalist anger at the end of the Caliphate led directly to the founding of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 by the Egyptian radical Hassan al-Banna.

It’s obvious that the OIC conceives of itself as the Caliphate reborn. Not surprisingly, the new would-be Caliph is a Turk, the Secretary General of the OIC, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. In this excerpt from a speech (pdf) given by Professor Ihsanoglu at the 35th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC on June 20, 2008, the Secretary General speaks for the entire Ummah:


In confronting the Danish cartoons and the Dutch film “Fitna”, we sent a clear message to the West regarding the red lines that should not be crossed. As we speak, the official West and its public opinion are all now well-aware of the sensitivities of these issues. They have also started to look seriously into the question of freedom of expression from the perspective of its inherent responsibility, which should not be overlooked.

The Ummah, as represented by the OIC, obviously wants to act as the Ottomans did during their centuries-long occupation of European territory. It intends to impose the tenets of Islamic law on all those infidels that lie within its reach.

But how can the Muslims of Europe and North America — who are still only a tiny percentage of the population of their host nations — impose their will on the non-believers around them?

That’s where Dawah comes in.

2. Dawah

The term dawah (or da’wa) is variously defined as “proselytizing” or “outreach”, and describes the process by which infidels are induced to convert to Islam by persuasion or indoctrination.
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Its literal meaning is “call”, and the word has a special sense: it refers to the obligatory invitation for the infidel to convert to Islam. A Muslim military leader is required to issue the call prior to ordering a jihad against an enemy. Before the Turks overthrew Constantinople in 1453, they called on the Byzantine emperor to bring himself and his subjects into the Islamic fold. He refused, and as a result the city was attacked, defeated, sacked, and the survivors forcibly enslaved.

In 1683 the process was repeated by Kara Mustafa Pasha at the gates of Vienna: he issued the call; the call was refused, and the Turks laid siege to the city. Only the timely intervention of King Jan III Sobieski of Poland prevented Vienna from being laid waste by the Ottomans, as Constantinople had been 230 years previously.

We have seen the same process unfold in our own time: George W. Bush was called by both Osama bin Laden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to accept Islam. Any Muslim who understands Islamic law would recognize this action as a prelude to violent jihad against America.

However, a jihad cannot be declared until Dawah has run its course and been judged successful. If overwhelming military strength cannot be brought to bear — as happened at the sieges of Constantinople and Vienna — then Dawah must proceed over a longer period. The enemy must be softened up for months, years, or even decades by various forms of propaganda and intimidation, until he is like a ripe fruit ready to drop into the hands of the Ummah.

In 1979 the Pakistani Brigadier General S.K. Malik wrote a theory and methodology of Islamic warfare entitled The Quranic Concept of War. The book’s forward was written by General M. Zia ul-Haq, who was then the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani army, and later became the President of Pakistan. Malik’s book can thus be understood as an official state primer on how to conduct war against non-Muslims. On page 58 he says:


So spirited, zealous, complete and thorough should be our preparation for war that we should enter upon the ‘war of muscles’ having already won the ‘war of will’. Only a strategy that aims at striking terror into the hearts of the Enemies from the preparation stage can produce direct results and turn Liddell Hart’s dream into a reality. [emphasis added]

To win the “war of will” requires a successful period of Dawah before the jihad begins. All necessary means may be used towards this end — argument, persuasion, deceit, subversion, bribery, intimidation, etc. — until the enemy is judged weak enough to be attacked.

In War and Peace in the Law of Islam Majid Khadduri writes:


It follows that the existence of a dar al-Harb is ultimately outlawed under the Islamic jural order; that the dar al-Islam is permanently under jihad obligation until the dar al-Harb is reduced to non-existence; and that any community accepting certain disabilities must submit to Islamic rule and reside in the dar al-Islam or be bound as clients to the Muslim community. The universality of Islam, in its all embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political if not strictly military. (pp. 63-64)

It is against Islamic law to start a jihad that cannot be won, for the simple reason that doing so might cause the infidel to enter the Muslim lands in response, and this would be a crime against Allah himself, because it makes his Ummah vulnerable.

But even when full jihad is not underway, a “continuous process of warfare” is always being waged, psychologically and politically. And as soon as the moment is ripe, the conflict metamorphoses into full jihad, and the violent attacks begin.

This means that when bin Laden’s agents brought down the Twin Towers, the strategists of Al Qaeda believed that America was weak and vulnerable. They assessed that we were so psychologically demoralized that we would be unable to mount an effective counterattack after the 9-11 strikes.

As it turned out, this assessment was a tactical error on the part of Al Qaeda, because the United States military responded by attacking two countries in the heart of the Ummah. The anger of “moderate” Muslims at bin Laden was a response to his making this mistake. What he did was not wrong in their eyes: he had simply attacked the infidel too soon, before the Dawah process had completed its weakening of the enemy.

In the wake of 9-11, the Muslim Brotherhood in America had to make tactical adjustments, but its core strategy remained unchanged. In fact, the terror attacks in New York and Washington D.C. gave its agents an unprecedented opportunity: overnight the United States government and military became sensitive to the feelings of Muslims. In their anxiety not to “profile” anybody, officials went out of their way to consult with the “Muslim community” in hopes of gaining its assistance and co-operation in the War Against That Which Cannot Be Named.

Dawah agents of various Muslim Brotherhood front groups sprang into action when their country called them. Theirs was a job for which they had been well trained — Muslim Brotherhood Dawah manuals instruct their outreach people to be “the friendliest person in the room”. When CAIR or ISNA or MSA sends a contact person into the Pentagon or the FBI, he is so likeable and convincing that no one can doubt his sincerity or intentions without feeling like a mean-spirited curmudgeon.

This is how the lexicon and doctrinal template in the war against Islamic terrorism were subverted. Kind, open-handed, earnest men and women from Islamic community groups explained Islam to the guardians of our national security, and they were taken at their word. Through their efforts insidious memes were inserted into official policy and became unquestionable truths:


Islamic doctrine is inherently peaceful.

Terrorists are renegades who have perverted Muslim doctrines and have nothing in common with “true Islam”.

Only a tiny minority of deranged extremists support or carry out terrorist violence.

Discussing jihad and Islamic law is not only insulting to our Muslim allies, it is counterproductive.

This is because the word “jihad” really means “an inner struggle to live righteously” rather than “holy war”.

Examining sharia and Islamic scripture is pointless unless one is fluent in classical Arabic.

Besides, questioning the religious doctrines of Muslims offends them, and violates their First Amendment rights.

There are many other rules of this nature. All of us know them by heart now, because they have become the steady subliminal drumbeat behind all public discussions of terrorism. Breaking these rules can be a career-ender, so military leaders, public officials, media people, and academics have to be very, very careful whenever they formulate a “narrative discourse” about Islam.

The agents of Islam have convinced Westerners that the jihad warriors represent a strain of Islam that is distinct and separate from the mainstream. Our entire strategy in fighting “terror” is based on the idea of cleaving the extremists from the mainstream. But what happens if those supposedly extremist doctrines lie at the center of Islam?

The entire body of our strategic thinking concerning Islam has been subverted. We have allowed the enemy to control the lexicon and the rules of engagement in his information war against us.

All of this was accomplished without a single act of terrorist violence. This subversion occurs in a completely different theater of the war, and the enemy is winning it hands down. He has been so successful that we scarcely even realize that there is a war on.

This is what Islamic Dawah has done to the national security of the United States of America. All of our tanks and JDAMs and Predator drones are of no use to us. We are completely outgunned.

3. Jihad

In Reliance of the Traveller, which is the most authoritative source in the Shafiite school of Islamic jurisprudence, Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri says (o9.0):


Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada, signifying warfare to establish the religion.

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The scriptural basis for jihad, prior to scholarly consensus (def: b7) is such Koranic verses as:

(1) “Fighting is prescribed for you” (Koran 2:216);
(2) “Slay them wherever you find them” (Koran 4:89);
(3) “Fight the idolators utterly” (Koran 9:36);

and such hadiths as the one related by Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:

“I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah”;

and the hadith reported by Muslim,

“To go forth in the morning or evening to fight in the path of Allah is better than the whole world and everything in it.”

Hmm. Not much of an “inner struggle” in all this. It’s very clear that when the Shafiite school mentions “jihad”, it expects the believer to sharpen his sword and venture forth to slay the infidel.

And who is required perform jihad?


Those called upon (O: to perform jihad when it is a communal obligation) are every able bodied man who has reached puberty and is sane. (o9.1)

And:


Jihad is a communal obligation… When enough people perform it to successfully accomplish it, it is no longer obligatory upon others. (o9.4)

Al-Misri also cites Koran 4:95 concerning exemption from the obligation of jihad:


“He who provides the equipment for a soldier in jihad has himself performed jihad,” and Allah Most High

Those who fulfill the obligation of zakat are acting in accord with the above requirement — one-eighth of their payment is diverted to support jihad, so it is if they had performed jihad themselves.

In our own time it’s easy to find examples of jihad in action. In places like Nigeria, Sudan, India, and Lebanon — places where the number of Muslims has increased to the point where a successful jihad becomes feasible — churches are burned, Christians are slaughtered, non-Muslims are driven out, and sharia is officially imposed.

In Western countries, however, a full-bore jihad is not yet possible. For the time being, the military and police powers of the modern Western state are still sufficient to forestall the mujahideen. Only isolated and very temporary jihadi actions can be launched against Western targets.

Whenever Muslims are not powerful enough to overcome the infidel, Islamic law requires them to wait patiently, marshaling their forces and protecting the Ummah while they engage in Dawah. Then, as soon as they are strong enough to be certain of prevailing, they are obliged to attack the enemy with full force.

If firebrands like Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki would only restrain themselves — if they would remember that launching a jihad when the Ummah is less than fully prepared is a violation of Islamic law — Dawah could do its work quietly, unnoticed by those whom it subverts. The agents of the Muslim Brotherhood, with the help of their eager allies on the postmodern Left, can hollow out infidel institutions until the governments of the West are helpless and enfeebled.

When it arrives, the final, cleansing jihad may be brief and unspectacular. A series of carefully targeted simultaneous assassinations, the conversion of some prominent and pragmatic Western leaders — and then life will continue as usual, because by then most of the population will have become completely accustomed to the new rules.

Women will cover their hair and stay at home. Pork and alcohol will disappear from the markets and restaurants. The call to prayer will resound from the minarets of brand new government-funded mosques. Banks will no longer charge or pay interest. Churches will take down their crosses and cease ringing their bells. Synagogues will disappear entirely.

And no one will ever say a single disrespectful word about Allah or his prophet.

We all know the outlines of what is coming, because much of it is already in place in certain parts of major Western cities. Many well-meaning hollowed-out Westerners are already bending over backwards to follow the dictates of sharia.

Another possible candidate for the final jihad is the Islamic nuclear bomb. A quick fireball in several major targeted cities, followed by a sudden movement by an alliance of the hard Left and Islam to assume control of key public institutions, and then a sharia state is declared in the ashes of what used to be Western Civilization.

After that comes a quick and brutal purge of all “un-Islamic” elements in the new regime — think Khomeini in Tehran, 1979 — and then the survivors begin their new lives in a Yemen writ large.

Whatever form the endgame takes, you can be sure that we will all have been fully prepped by Dawah by the time the denouement arrives.

There are three prongs to the pitchfork of Islamic conquest. First is the Ummah — the community of believers who from the moment of their birth are nurtured and protected by the glories of Islamic law. A secure and cohesive Ummah is necessary before any form of expansion can occur.

From the redoubts of the Ummah the call goes out to infidels just outside the wall. Dawah does its quiet work, persuading, cajoling, threatening, misrepresenting, bribing, suborning, and double-dealing until the infidels are demoralized, atomized, and completely ready for the big change that is coming their way.

The final prong is Jihad, which brings to bear the precise amount of force necessary to effect the conversion to an Islamic state governed by Islamic law.

Up until now the agents of the Ummah have experienced such complete success with their Dawah that they are absolutely confident they will win. They are certain that Allah has granted them the victory, and that the rotten fruit of the Western states will drop easily into their hands when the time comes.

And why shouldn’t they believe that? What reason have the craven and desperate dhimmis that masquerade as our political leaders given them to think otherwise?

The Jihad prong may be the shortest, but it is the sharpest. We’ll know it when we feel it.