Columns last month investigated the comparative IQ of various religious groups and concluded that the most violent people tended to have the least ability to get along wisely with others.
Lack of ability in one area often indicates a lack of ability in others. People who can’t do much of anything are sometimes referred to as “dumb”. Hatred paralyzes the mind. Hatred dumbs down those who give into it.
Words reflect reality. Catholic Fundamentalists think that hate-filled, murdering extremists do not like anyone smarter than they, so they kill them. Their countries eliminate their most intelligent people, sometimes by exporting them or, more often, by doing away with them.
The gene pool of a polygamous society must grow ever more uniform over time. At the same time, the smartest people move away or are moved away, causing further decline in intellectual ability. The killing of opportunity and freedom destroys more thinking ability.
If we ignore them, they will destroy themselves. Like unloved children, they hate being ignored. When no one pays attention to them, they have only themselves to consider. Considering the hateful emptiness within drives them toward making themselves noticed. Wanting attention makes whole countries act like the deranged serial killers that sometimes afflict our own society.
