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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Neocon who wrote (32999)10/15/2001 2:45:37 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Most fundamentalists are content to separate themselves from the dominant society, or perhaps to evangelize.

Over time, I have been getting an education about religion on this thread. I started out thinking that religion was a purely personal matter but I have come to understand that some religious need to do their thing in a group. I find that strange and I can't relate to it, but I accept that it is the case for many. When I read the Sullivan article, I noticed the following:

<<This is the voice of fundamentalism. Faith cannot exist alone in a
single person. Indeed, faith needs others for it to survive—and the more
complete the culture of faith, the wider it is, and the more total its
infiltration of the world, the better.>>

That's quite a bit different from "and perhaps to evangelize." I find disconcerting anything more groupish that weekly services at various places of worship or the occasional missionary at the front door. I'd appreciate your thoughts.

Karen
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