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In reply to the discussion: You Won’t Believe What These Muslims Are Protesting About [View all]sigmasix
(794 posts)Professor Zappa spoke about the dangers of fundamentalism in his song "Dumb All Over"- which includes the lyric
"You can't run a country by a book of religion- Not by a heap, a lump or a smidgin', of foolish rules of ancient date, designed to make you all feel great, while you fold, spindle and mutilate those unbelievers from a nieghboring state."
I miss Frank's music and his lyrical ability to capture the hypocrisy of the modern American right wing culture war.
Fundamentalist conspiracy theories are a serious threat to all human life. In the same song Mr. Zappa shares this observation about "end of days" fandamentalist teaching-"And I mean it won't blow up and disappear- it'll just look ugly for a thousand years"
It is comforting to know that other countries have thier own treasonous Teabagger fundamentalists. The problems we face have nothing to do with expressions of faith in the creator, and more to do with fundamentalist religious doctrine and dogma. The fundamentalists of any religion are to blame for violence, hatred and unreasoning bigotry.
Too bad there is no psychological test that can be administrated to uncover the fundamentalist mind set within individuals. Because fundamentalists represent such a serious threat to our future, we ought to be perfecting a treatment regime to cure them of thier serious mental and moral disabilities.