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In reply to the discussion: Video-Amina: Topless Tunisian Protester Tells Femen She Was Beaten,Kidnapped & Drugged By Her Family [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)things, even advocate things, which are immoral by modern/western standards. so what? so do all historical documents generally.
yes, people *can* read those things and take them literally, even in modern times. and they *can* guide their behavior by them.
but that doesn't mean they inevitably *will*, which is what you are claiming.
i'm claiming that's not inevitable, but a product of certain environments. one of the constituents of such environments might be when rich people fund fundamentalism & offer social rewards to its adherents and leaders. another constituent might be economic deprivation side by side with great wealth. another constituent might be when those possessing the wealth want to control those who don't politically and socially.
you are looking at the phenomenon as a pure ideological manifestation -- 'true believers' and all that. I don't.