Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA27205 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:37:34 +0100 Subject: Re: reply to nurturing young Islamic hearts and hatreds Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 08:32:28 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20011016123243.AAA28906@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 10/16/01 04:55, Robin Faichney said this-
>Fundamentalists are essentialists too: they believe
>they alone know the essentials of their religion, and thus have the
>moral authority to do whatever it takes to have their view prevail.
Indeed. Fundamentalism is the culprit, if there is one to point to, not
just religion, or even any one version of a belief system. One can be
fundamental about any belief. (That is one of the problems with belief,
itself.)
Islam is especially high in fundamentalists because of its structure and
teachings. But, as Dawkins has noted, the abrahamic religions are at base
all capable of fundamentalist usurpation. As is anything that is not art
or science.
With some joy, I've noticed recent remarks about Falwell and Robertson
(fundamentalist xians) describing them as the american taliban, due to
their ignorant and assinine comments about the causes of the attacks.
- Wade
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