Reply #54: Fundamental systems work in specific environments

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A diverse society is not one of them. This is the reason fundamentalists are such a threat to the US.

In the past when we had homogenous cultures and societies fundamental belief systems were the norm. But as we advanced societies mingled. As diversity increased the stress of these interactions forced a drastic change in the culture of the west. Tolerance had to supplant certainty and comformity. This new found respect for other cultures and beliefs though brought with it a tremendous benefit and the age of enlightenment experiences one of the most explosive periods of discovery.

However over time the old voices still maintained in the religious institutions found their footing once again. Thus we see throughout history the recurrent surge of religious mania. As they increase their hold and the forces of tolerance and diversity wane the threat that they will overturn the humanist revolution increases.

Eventually they will storm the barricades as it were and we will once again experience the burning of the metaphorical Library of Alexandria. They are already besieging the halls of science. They will not be satisfied with parrity. They will accept nothing less that total dominance.