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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 05:34 PM Original message |
Religion as a crutch in changing times. |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. As much as I despise Strauss.... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. No argument from me |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. most "-isms" are an excuse to quit thinking |
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camby (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Fundamentalism is the Antithesis of Rational Thought |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks for pointing this out. |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Indeed it is possible to have faith and belief in representative |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. When fundamentalism is used to form a state |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I suspect their emphasis on cultural purity has several causes, the |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. i agree |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. You can't be serious. |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Are you sure about this?? |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. wtf? |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Are you sure... |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. so is commerce bad? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Um... southerner here |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. i live in the south too, well, Florida |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. But that's how it starts |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Huck Finn? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Here's some reading for you to do.... |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. what a crock? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I said, That's how it starts |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Huck Finn |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Got a link? |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. totalitarianism |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Um... You had to go back to Wilson |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. majoring on minors |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Minors turn into majors |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. you're dreaming if you think only the right has those tendencies |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. *YAWN* Same old song, one note wonder |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 10:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. depends on what you mean by right |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
70. "Right" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. but but but |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. well... |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Let's look at the numbers... |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. the numbers |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I don't like organized religion... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. i dont think it is the christian fundies that |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I can agree with that... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. clinton tried to pass one, once he saw the threat of obl |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
77. "Sure, there are some very tiny fringe groups |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. that's BS |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. No, that's BS |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. so what because it is a different topic |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Study the Israel/Palestinian cause more carefully.. |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. OK, but.... |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Banning Playboy is a minor issue to you.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. walked into my convienence store for four years |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. murdering abortion doctors is |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. I agree that Christian fundamentalism as it stands today is less |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. what are tyou talking about? |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Have you heard of the phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. So the Dutch Reformed are fundies, eh? |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Yes, they are fundamentalkists because they believe in the |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #54 |
65. MLK was a fundie too, I suppose |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. When I talk about fundamentalism or Separation of Church and State, it |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. MLK was not using religion as a cover. |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Only the left Christians can stop the fundamentalist |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:07 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. silverlib i so agree it is the left christians that have to |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I think you miss the point. |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. uh huh? |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
60. What you have forgotten is that black people were powerless in this |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Thank you, VM, |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 02:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. No, you are making a mockery of Martin Luther King's faith. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Religion had very little to do with Carter's defeat. . . . |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. moslem garb |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. First of all, you have to understand how the fundies operate |
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beachman (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I think your analysis is hysteria. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. beachman i was in agreement in this post |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. May I ask you a personal question? Maybe I overstep here, but-- |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. the public schools, some of them |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. i got in there in 99 |
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Arianrhod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
62. A Fundamentalist is a Fundamentalist. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. ooosh, a bit harsh |
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Arianrhod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 04:28 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Well, the poster I was responding to |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. AMEN! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. The world needs more Christian fundamentalist martyrs... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. I Think Inadvertently, They May Take Many Others With Them |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-04 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. I think Islamic fundamentalism is a little worse, |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
63. Reason, Logic and Skepticism |
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dand (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
68. Good point, |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
71. Battle For God by Karen Armstrong |
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donhakman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Karen |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
82. reality check....we do know the majority of muslims are not |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. That's not correct |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. Religous Fanaticism, Alcoholism and Obesity... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-04 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
86. hey beachman, i have really enjoyed your posts |
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