Quote:I'm afraid the science is on my side. Its is a well proven fact of nature that all animals respond to a threatening environment with higher reproductive activity. The more comfortable you are, and the greater your belief in your own survival the lower is your drive to reproduce. This is the same for every species and you can see the evidence when you compare third world birth rates to those of western nations.
Education comes into it because there is a strong link between education and social well being, generally speaking of course. There is also a strong and proven link between overall education of your society and the level of industrialisation the country has reached. Basically, knowledge = job, jobs = comfort, comfort = less breeding. Its correlation not causation I'll give you that, but there are proven links, just go look at the figures.
Quote:BULLSHIT... THE PARENTS TEACH THEM.
My parents taught me many things but to say that I (or any other child) grew up to believe in them is a fallacy at best, plain bullshit at worst. No sane individual will say that a child with free will, will simply swallow their parents teachings and follow them for life - PARTICULARLY strict ones, PARTICULARLY in a well educated society and PARTICULARLY when all the people around you seem to be acting just a *bit* differently.
Do all children of Christian families grow up to be Christian? (please don't just say yes for the sake of the argument... think about this)
You do know that it is a minority of the Muslim community that follow the hard-line stuff? just as it is for Christians. Even IF (big if) all children of Muslim immigrants grow up and remain Muslim, only a fraction of those are the ones you are scared of. Most Muslims are fine mate, just chill.
Quote:You mean give more handouts?
No I mean show them the offerings of a free market industrialised society, and show them the offerings of a free and liberal society.
If I was a young kid in Australia with strict Islamic parents forcing their dogma down my throat, I think I would take the rampant hedonism thanks and I bet a vast majority of kids would be with me.
Quote:Wanker Call me what you will, but you are a paranoid nut. There is no danger of muslim takeover. The only danger is in demonising a group within our society - this is how Hitler attacked the Jews, he got the people on his side first. If you want to talk societal divisions then it is far worse to point the finger at a group and say they are not welcome than to simply allow them to live and express their culture as they like... within the bounds of our laws. Muslims have no political power in this country, what are you afraid of?