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To: KLP who wrote (94425)	4/18/2003 12:16:59 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The only fundamentalists I can admire are the Amish. They seem to be themselves, and don't seem to try to convert others to their way of thinking. Zoroastrians (aka Parsis) are the same. They do not and can not convert someone else into their religion. Matter of fact, if a Parsi woman married a non-Parsi man, and had a kid, the kid could not claim to be Parsee. If a Parsi man married a non-Parsi woman, and they had a kid, the kid could be considered a Parsi depending on parental wishes. Theres historical reasons for this approach : When the Parsis came to India many centuries ago, they gave an undertaking to the king of the Gujarat area, that they were seeking refuge, and would not undertake any conversion activities. They stand by their word even today.

To: KLP who wrote (94425)	4/18/2003 12:36:16 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

And with luck, there aren't very many of the folks you referred to in your last paragraph. In the larger view of things. There really aren't that many, I think, in absolute terms. But they tend to flock to the developing world, and they undergo a strange metamorphosis when they get here. The American fundamentalists I see show a very different face than the one you see there. Much more aggressive, much more absolute in their conviction of their own rectitude, much more contemptuous of other groups. It can get pretty bizarre, especially when they start on local politics. They know absolutely nothing about it, but that doesn't stop them from declaiming. Sometimes it bounces back. There's a ship that makes the rounds here, floating bookstore, very Christian. Young staff, very enthusiastic, from all over the world. A few years back they were docked in Zamboanga, and someone tossed a grenade. Killed a few; just kids, but the day before one of them had announced that "Allah is a liar", and someone took exception.