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To: Lane3 who wrote (14644)	3/14/2006 6:20:28 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 542888

I wonder how inevitably fundamentalists parents produce a fundamentalist next generation. I would say that depends on the milieu - the environment and outside influences on the children. If all the cultural referents are similarly fundamental, and all a child's peers have the same view, (s)he's likely to keep it at least until there's some dramatic exposure to other views. Then I'd expect some to make dramatic breaks with their upbringing - and others to retreat back into more comfortable certainties... But IMO it could take a very determined or unhappy child to go strongly against sincerely held views of its parents, especially if those parents are genuinely loving and believe they are doing the best for their child. And even then, when the child matures and has its own children, it is likely to follow to some degree at least the parenting model (and perhaps echoes of the beliefs) that it learnt when young.

To: Lane3 who wrote (14644)	3/14/2006 7:04:49 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542888

Passion and fidelity by Jack Grant The prurient will be disappointed, because the title of this post does not refer to the sexual connotations of the words used, but instead the more mundane meanings. A deeply held belief that could be described as passionate can be admirable, within limits. The problem is that the limits are now more frequently exceeded than not. The analogy that comes to my mind that will likely be misunderstood by those who exceed the limits is this: The dichotomy of dividing the factions in the United States into “red” and “blue” is more apt than mere chance would indicate, at least to a physicist like me. You see, from my studies I know that if you wear glasses that are tinted too much in the red, then any blue will appear black, and if you wear glasses that are tinted too much in the blue, then any red will appear black. In other words, the details are lost if the tinting is too dense, the understanding is missing if the attitudes are too strong, the passion of belief overwhelms the vital necessity of comprehension, especially of those ideas not in alignment with one’s own. Recall the meanings of “fidelity” which include, “faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances,” along with “exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.” Mindlessly repeating partisan talking points is NOT a way of keeping fidelity towards the fundamental principles that were the foundation of our government, fundamental principles that most, especially those with the darkest tint to their glasses and the loudest voices, claim to hold dear. Unfortunately, beliefs held with deep passion often seem to exclude the rationality that underlies the fidelity to fundamentals that any true democratic republic needs to survive. randomfate.net