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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:41 AM Original message |
Fundamentalist Christianity - Fundamentalist Islam. The difference? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. k&r... |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. A rhetorical question. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Very good. 10 points to your house for recognizing a |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. All fundamentalists can justify criminal behavior |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fundamentalism from any religion should be considered a mental illness. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. BIG difference - how the media covers it. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Absolutely!! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have a bit of trouble with this one |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. News reports from Norway identify the man as a fundamentalist |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Just saw that. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Tell that to Dr. Tiller's widow! |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Abortion doctor killings aren't terrorist attacks? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes. They are single person attacks, though |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
112. Tillers murder was not a one person attack. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. I guess encouraging wholesale slaughter of homosexuals doesn't really count, does it |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
46. You're going to Uganda for it |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #46 |
62. It's American right-wingers that are pushing this law in Uganda |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
102. And lots of Muslims will tell you that Al Quaeda and the Taliban |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
109. Uganda is majority Christian. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. What about... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
80. There's Jim David Adkisson, the Knoxville Unitarian Church shooter... |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Christian fundamentalists murdered abortion providers |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
78. Abortion clinics are bombed by elves, I suppose |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
101. My face when there is only one planned parenthood clinic in Kansas. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Fundamental Islamists are snazzier dressers. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. They are only indistinguishable if you've never studied religion. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Ah, but I have studied religion. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You are making gross broad brush generalizations |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes, I am asserting my conclusion. I am posting my opinion. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
113. Isn't "rational believers" a contradiction in terms? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Wow! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I am talking about modern scholarship in religion. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. And we're talking about the intersection between religion |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Generalizing about all religions is about as useful as |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Oh, dear. Again, you have missed the point. I am not talking |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Christianity and critical thinking? Bullshit. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Did critical thinking exist when that happened? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Uh, yes. That's why the church killed or imprisoned them. They were |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Exactly, religion requires faith, no critical thinking allowed or wanted. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Just so you know, there is a whole field of scholarship |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. There is no critical thinking needed in Christianity |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Oh, of course, and all that scholarship is aimed at supporting |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #52 |
68. Isn't that field called "Apologetics"? |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Tell "bullshit" to people like |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Tell that to all the scholars and scientists that were killed for thinking |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Wow! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Lame? How sad for you.. |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. How many women were burned by Chrisian fundies |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #54 |
73. We will never know. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. What a seriously ignorant post with a huge dollop of arrogance. Do Mu'tazil or Rumi ring a bell? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:25 AM Original message |
You didn't read my post. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You didn't read my post. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You mean I replied to your original post, not the considerable edits afterwords. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. From the context of this thread it is clear that we are talking |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Your post said it is 'an ancient religion that has not evolved' |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Yeah but that isn't what you posted originally. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
44. fanaticism, there is no difference and trying to spin it shows your own personal bias |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
72. Christianity and Islam both have their PhD level thinkers, and they both have batshit fundies. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
79. I'll sign up for a course next time someone shoots at me |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
103. Counterpoint: The entire spectrum of Sufism. nt |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. All the monotheistic religions of the world have rabid |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Couldn't agree more. |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. The difference: the skin color of the violent extremists |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. No. Not at all. There are Christians, Muslims, and Jews of |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. In this country, the difference is that otherwise sane people |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. Fundamentalism isn't the problem. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. At the fundamentalist level, it doesn't matter. Fundamentalism |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. I strongly agree with your last paragraph |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Thank you. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
58. That's surely the definition of "fundamentalism" as it's spun today |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. The Xian fundies are closer to seizing real military power. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That's true in the United States, but not necessarily true |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. Mineral Man! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Thanks! |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. Exactly, religions do not kill. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. False? How are they "false followers." |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #59 |
88. Like you, I do not believe in the supernatural; however, it is abundantly clear that |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Not necessarily so. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
57. Spelling. (n/t) |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Grammar. Orthography. Etymology. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
97. It's spelled 'Fundamentalist'... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. That's a matter of little interest to me. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. it's actually very interesting |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Thanks. I just posted a new thread in GD that directs |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Indeed. I just tossed in a K&R to counter the fundies! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Good... because I think this OP is important |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
74. The issue is fundamentalism in anything, not simply religion. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. I suppose so. Normally, I don't apply the word to other |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #81 |
100. True |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
75. All that seperates them is 8,000 miles |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Not really. Measure the distance between Rome and, say, |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Good point. |
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Hand_With_Eyes (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
77. There is a huge glaring difference |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. You know, eschatology is really beyond the scope of this thread. |
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Hand_With_Eyes (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. 'Pay no mind to the 800 lb guerilla behind the curtain' |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Hmm... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #77 |
86. No, Islam has their end-times prophecies too. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
85. Was the massacre at Tienanmen Square terrorism? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Hmm. Not all violence and terrorism are connected to |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
90. It should never be forgotten that NON-religious extremists are capable |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
92. I think you missed the true difference between Islam and Christianity |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. For many who post here, they only see RELIGION and Christianity |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #92 |
104. " Christian fundamentalist sects, as a rule, are isolated groups with few members. "?! |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Uh, no |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Sillly me. Five years in Salt Lake City but I don't know the Mormons. |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Evidently you don't pay much attention at all. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. There is merely a difference in our concept of the term. |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Point taken |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #92 |
110. Two points. |
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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
95. As far as the acts of violence, competence is the main difference... |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Exactly |
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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. In addition I think, in the case of some governments the active repression of the Muslim fundies... |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #99 |
106. I hadn't thought of that |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
111. Actually, I think it's simply organized religion. |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. My biggest problem with any Fundies, |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. I actually hVe more respect for fundies than I do for moderates. |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. I like to think of it as separating the wheat from the chaff |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. I agree with you. The only problem is that the "golden rule" didnt originate in the bible. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
118. It had nothing to do with fundamentalism, except as a form of believers vs. non-believers. |
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