Fundamentalism is not only a problem for Islam. All over the world we see the rise of fundamentalist Christian groups that propagate the most preposterous claims concerning the age of earth, creation and so on, not too mention vulgar interpretations of almost everything else. The suspension of God-given critical faculties is quite staggering. Not a few centuries ago, the analog to the same ideological elements were insisting the world was the center of the universe despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Eventually, they had to acquiesce as will the current contingent. Should these people have a right to influence national curriculum so that our children get raised in an intellectually impoverished environment or should we just lump them in with Islamic fanatics and every other fanatic in the world and let them hammer it out.
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
How can thinking Christians challenge the anti-intellectual assault
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Last I saw, in the US, fundamentalist Christians aren't influencing the school system.
Something rather interesting, as a side note, Muslim prayers are being encourage in a local public school system, by a teacher, while encouraging Christian prayer is strictly prohibited.
That doesn't really bother me, but shows we are a bit more cautious on how we react with the Muslim faith.
Also, the US education system isn't suffering because of Fundamental Christians. It is suffering because our government isn't doing anything about it.
Your last piece of what I quoted above, seems to suggest that you'd like to get rid of fundamentalists all together. Did I read that wrong?
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Well, since we're just like "Islamic fanatics" (like terrorists, I guess), I suppose they should get rid of us.
Nice little hate speech there, Expat.
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