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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 05:56 PM Original message |
What makes people turn into fundamentalists? |
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lightbulb (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fear. eom. |
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SalParadise (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. 2nd that - it's fear along with the Jesus "brand" |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. Here's another great quote I heard on cultism in Christianity- |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 12:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
64. that is so true, it's a holy-roller mafia, that one. |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. a little education n/t |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. unwillingness to take responsibility for their actions |
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lightbulb (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Indeed - ever see the movie Hell House? |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. toilet training |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. in my brother's case, i gave him a hit of LSD |
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Tafiti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 08:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
75. Holy shit, that's weird... |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lack of critical thinking skills. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Lack of education is a big part of it. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. it's the fundamental wiring of the primate brain |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. fundies are to xtianity as 5%ers are to Islam, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. From people I know, I'd say that some of them grew up in |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. there's a lot to what you write |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 08:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
73. That's been my experience |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you look at the DU listing of topics just now the posting just under |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've only known one close enough to answer you. |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm a fundamentalist, but I DO NOT believe in mixing religion and politics |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. But that is not a consistant view. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Fundamentalism |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yah fundementlism is defined by the exclusion of anything else. |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Thank you for the invitation not to come here. I decine. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. All I said |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Aok with me! |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. You have no right to tell someone s/he isn't at the right site. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. fear, yeah - but. |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Why would your friend become intellectually lazy? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. no, I meant that she's among |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I didn't think you were suggesting that at all. |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Brain cleansing |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fear, guilt, or nitrates added to food |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. I won't repeat, but from that other discussion... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fundamentalists for the opposing point of view. |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. Laziness. |
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LisaLynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. Some people tend to fear ambiguity ... |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Inability to cope with the Modern world |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. For me it was a broken back |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. well I would like to hear it if you feel able to talk about it |
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Tafiti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
78. There's a good book on this topic... |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
59. There was a moment when I almost went back to fundyism. |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. Drug/Alcohol abuse ... I have yet to meet a fundamentalist |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I'll second that, most that I know hit rock bottom from drugs or booze. |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. And if the addiction hits them early ... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. As for me, it was reflection, thought, observation and study |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. What are the five fundamental truths you refer to? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Pretty good, Bones. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #46 |
62. Well, it figures that I left out Biblical inerrancy, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 01:09 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. "Mother of God" |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 03:00 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. But if God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 06:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
71. When I refer to someone as a fundy wingnut, |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. Fear of uncertainty. Fear of having to live without answers. Fear of |
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Tigerlily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Yes. Fear of uncertainty. |
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Tigerlily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. My guess... |
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LeinesRed (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. I vote fear n/t |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Define |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Not all operating with the same definition creates problems. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. That is what I am trying to grasp |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Fundies are people who put dogma before anything else. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. Are we talking the "Jesus loves me" or the obsessive "brood on God" type? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
50. Fear and waning personal belief. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. I think that, typically, something happens in their lives to |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. Most religious people |
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Astarho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. There's a cultural aspect too |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. Fear and loathing |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. They've been bitten on the neck by another fundie. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-04 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Fundies breeding with other fundies. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
61. You know, not all fundies are poorly educated jackass rednecks |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 12:55 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. It's sad that so many seem to pigeonhole them that way. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 01:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. That's so true. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
67. Susceptibility to BS and Deception |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
68. Hate, ujustified ego and superiority complex, need to be told what to do, |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
69. an inability to handle the truth... |
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makeMyDaze (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
72. 'whoever tells you otherwise must be the devil trying to trick you' |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
74. Drugs. |
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molly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
76. Brain death and laziness |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-04 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
77. Fear and uncertainties |
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