 laceym says: What I found most interesting was Altemeyer’s conclusion that actually reading the Bible can drive people away from fundamentalism. As Mary says: Pop for article and quote. A book written by anywhere to 7-15 different writers, in a span of 1,200-3,000 years (even if its the word of God, the men with the pens where only human), is bound to have a few contractions, the biggest been the conflict between the Judaic tradition and the Christian traditions (their not world apart, but their not exactly the same). All "fundamentalists" are pretty much alike on the aspect of an ever smaller circle of allowed ideas and acceptable practices. The term "fundamentalist" has been applied most often to the Christian right, but "rigid", "dogmatic", "radical" or a host of other terms apply to groups including Christian, Islamic, liberal, environmentalist, atheist, etc. The "mandatory tenets" vary, but the rigidity and certain of their truth does not. "Don't listen to Fox news", "don't read the Bible", or "if you don't believe in global warming (oops, "Climate Change") then you are "an unwashed heathen" are all good "dogmatic dividers". The methods of deciding on "unwashed" change, but the groups tend to feel ... Try dropping babies on their heads- this may be the only way to keep them dumb enough to remain fundaMENTALists in the light of the overwhelming evidence supporting evolution. What makes more sense, literally thousands of pieces of evidence that anyone has access to, or a book that was written thousands of years ago by people who weren't yet sophisticated enough to come up with the hypothesis that the Earth was FLAT- much less round. I'm not knocking'em, they worked with what they had, but what we have now is proof. |
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