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Smith_3
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:36 PM Original message |
Could we please stop saying "fundamentalist" when we mean "extremist" ? |
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Richard Steele
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. We didn't START calling the extremists "fundamentalists"- that's their chosen term. So, then...no. |
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EFerrari
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. But then, we're letting them frame themselves as somehow |
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Warpy
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. It's easier to write than "dead letter literalists" |
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hyphenate
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Agreed |
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Angela Shelley
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Those who believe that the Earth is 6000 years old, |
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Smith_3
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Ah, that number is actually no where in the bible :-) |
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RainDog
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. but Smith_3, you can find passages |
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Smith_3
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. there are no passages that promote killing gay people |
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Richard Steele
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Maybe you should be telling THEM that, not us. |
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hyphenate
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You, sir, are dead on |
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RainDog
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Sun Dec-16-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. believe me, I know this doctrinal stuff |
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JackintheGreen
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Well, they are fundamentally stupid. |
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terisan
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I would say they have been exposed to the Light, but have chosen the Darkness. nt |
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EFerrari
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think that's a very good call. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Some quotes from "fundamentalist" Martin Luther. |
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GreenPartyVoter
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yes, he is not a good choice to hold up in my opinion. |
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terisan
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Possibly Luther made the error of resisting evil. Fought evil with evil. nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Jews and women Evil? |
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terisan
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I was referring to his resistance to the Church and its evil practices of the time. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Spare us from the "gutsy" ones. |
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terisan
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Agreed. Also ex. Protestants wasted no time "making their bones." Bloodthirsty lot. nt |
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RainDog
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. My favorite Luther quote |
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jgraz
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Sun Dec-16-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Wow, I guess he WAS a fundamentalist |
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L. Coyote
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. But, but, religion is the BEST cover for fascism. Don't steal the Emporer's divine robe! |
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B Calm
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Sun Dec-16-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. I prefer calling them the RELIGIOUSLY INSANE! |
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etherealtruth
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The most accurate describer I've heard. eom |
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Hamlette
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. no, fundamentalists as defined are dangerous. |
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RainDog
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Exactly. Fundamentalist, TO THEM, means |
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uppityperson
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Good post. For the OP, no, and this is 1 reason why. Here's another. |
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Xipe Totec
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. the twisted practises of the Catholic establishment... |
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terisan
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Your post is enlightening. Teach us some more. Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, |
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many a good man
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Sun Dec-16-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. His/her post is not enlightening, it's wrong |
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provis99
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Sun Dec-16-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. my sense is that evangelicalism and fundamentalism are different ideas |
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knitter4democracy
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fundamentalist Christian is a theological term. |
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JerseygirlCT
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Sun Dec-16-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Yes, well said! nt |
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Dukkha
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. since they're not christians at all perhaps militant cultists would be better |
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Der Blaue Engel
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Sun Dec-16-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. No. n/t |
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datasuspect
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Sun Dec-16-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. no |
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blogslut
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Sun Dec-16-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Depends on my mood |
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RainDog
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Sun Dec-16-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. LOL!! n/t |
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LostinVA
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Sun Dec-16-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. No, I won't -- and, if you believe Martin Luther wasn't an extremist... |
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Warren Stupidity
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Sun Dec-16-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. no can do. |
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Maven
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Sun Dec-16-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. Uh, nope. Sorry. |
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elehhhhna
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Sun Dec-16-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. k&r |
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TalkingDog
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Sun Dec-16-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. Fundament: |
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mitchtv
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Sun Dec-16-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. I kind of like heretic |
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YOY
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Sun Dec-16-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. Absolutely not. |
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