One wants to cock a snook at all those religious
fundamentalists. And I am referring to the Christians in case the „thought police‟ are around.
No, I am not, I am referring to the psychopathology known as fundamentalism, whether
Texan or Taliban or Isis.
History is full of vivid vignettes of the sheer horrors of religion,
fundamentalist or otherwise.
Nearly 50 per cent of Americans believe that a glorious Second
Coming is imminent, and some of them are doing their damnedest to bring it about.
Why
can‟t we just repudiate the brand of mealy-mouthed liberalism which believes that one has to
respect other people‟s silly or obnoxious ideas just because they are other peoples?
fundamentalists. And I am referring to the Christians in case the „thought police‟ are around.
No, I am not, I am referring to the psychopathology known as fundamentalism, whether
Texan or Taliban or Isis.
History is full of vivid vignettes of the sheer horrors of religion,
fundamentalist or otherwise.
Nearly 50 per cent of Americans believe that a glorious Second
Coming is imminent, and some of them are doing their damnedest to bring it about.
Why
can‟t we just repudiate the brand of mealy-mouthed liberalism which believes that one has to
respect other people‟s silly or obnoxious ideas just because they are other peoples?
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