Islam is a more aggressive evolutionary strategy. In that sense it is a superior competitive strategy. That does not mean it produces a superior mankind. It mereley means it is more competitive.

  1. hatred is proscribed / hatred is prohibited

  2. punishment is prescribed / punishment is prohibited

  3. lies are permissible / lies are not permissible

  4. dual ethics / universal ethics

  5. respect a given / respect earned by actions.

  6. knowledge is fixed / knowledge evolves

  7. intolerance is required / intolerance is prohibited

  8. inbreeding is promoted / inbreeding is prohibited

  9. produces low trust societies / produces high trust societies

  10. produces ignorance and poverty / produces knowledge and prosperity.

(….this list goes on forever)

But, I don’t think of it as most folks do because I don’t rely on introspection. 

I just look at the epistemic properties of each body of thought and I Compare their abilities to produce a high trust society and it’s corresponding innovation and wealth.