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Mon Oct-04-04 09:53 PM
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| 58. Fundies breeding with other fundies. |
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It's really hard to break free from this shit. I did it, but it was terribly hard. I lost my friends and any relationship I had with family. I still haven't picked up the pieces.
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| -What makes people turn into fundamentalists? |
babyreblin |
Oct-04-04 05:56 PM |
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Fear. eom. |
lightbulb |
Oct-04-04 05:57 PM |
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2nd that - it's fear along with the Jesus "brand" |
SalParadise |
Oct-04-04 06:24 PM |
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Here's another great quote I heard on cultism in Christianity- |
JohnOneillsMemory |
Oct-04-04 09:15 PM |
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that is so true, it's a holy-roller mafia, that one. |
jdjkkse |
Oct-05-04 12:57 AM |
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a little education n/t |
gottaB |
Oct-04-04 05:58 PM |
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unwillingness to take responsibility for their actions |
SemperEadem |
Oct-04-04 05:59 PM |
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Indeed - ever see the movie Hell House? |
lightbulb |
Oct-04-04 06:45 PM |
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toilet training |
LiberalEsto |
Oct-04-04 06:01 PM |
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in my brother's case, i gave him a hit of LSD |
mopaul |
Oct-04-04 06:01 PM |
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Holy shit, that's weird... |
transistor97 |
Oct-05-04 08:41 AM |
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Lack of critical thinking skills. |
K-W |
Oct-04-04 06:03 PM |
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Lack of education is a big part of it. |
murielm99 |
Oct-04-04 06:23 PM |
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it's the fundamental wiring of the primate brain |
leftofthedial |
Oct-04-04 06:04 PM |
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fundies are to xtianity as 5%ers are to Islam, |
mandyky |
Oct-04-04 06:05 PM |
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From people I know, I'd say that some of them grew up in |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-04-04 06:08 PM |
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there's a lot to what you write |
barb1622000 |
Oct-04-04 08:16 PM |
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That's been my experience |
knitter4democracy |
Oct-05-04 08:34 AM |
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If you look at the DU listing of topics just now the posting just under |
KlatooBNikto |
Oct-04-04 06:10 PM |
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I've only known one close enough to answer you. |
napi21 |
Oct-04-04 06:10 PM |
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I'm a fundamentalist, but I DO NOT believe in mixing religion and politics |
patricia92243 |
Oct-04-04 06:15 PM |
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But that is not a consistant view. |
K-W |
Oct-04-04 06:22 PM |
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Fundamentalism |
atreides1 |
Oct-04-04 06:32 PM |
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Yah fundementlism is defined by the exclusion of anything else. |
K-W |
Oct-04-04 06:34 PM |
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Thank you for the invitation not to come here. I decine. |
patricia92243 |
Oct-04-04 06:50 PM |
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All I said |
atreides1 |
Oct-04-04 06:58 PM |
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Aok with me! |
salin |
Oct-04-04 09:26 PM |
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You have no right to tell someone s/he isn't at the right site. |
DemBones DemBones |
Oct-04-04 08:04 PM |
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fear, yeah - but. |
ulysses |
Oct-04-04 06:20 PM |
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Why would your friend become intellectually lazy? |
babyreblin |
Oct-04-04 06:58 PM |
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no, I meant that she's among |
ulysses |
Oct-04-04 07:10 PM |
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I didn't think you were suggesting that at all. |
babyreblin |
Oct-04-04 07:27 PM |
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Brain cleansing |
kwolf68 |
Oct-04-04 06:49 PM |
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Fear, guilt, or nitrates added to food |
slackmaster |
Oct-04-04 06:51 PM |
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I won't repeat, but from that other discussion... |
sweetheart |
Oct-04-04 06:55 PM |
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Fundamentalists for the opposing point of view. |
HypnoToad |
Oct-04-04 07:02 PM |
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Laziness. |
NeoConsSuck |
Oct-04-04 07:08 PM |
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Some people tend to fear ambiguity ... |
LisaLynne |
Oct-04-04 07:25 PM |
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Inability to cope with the Modern world |
Lexingtonian |
Oct-04-04 07:26 PM |
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For me it was a broken back |
Ezlivin |
Oct-04-04 07:29 PM |
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well I would like to hear it if you feel able to talk about it |
barb1622000 |
Oct-04-04 08:11 PM |
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There's a good book on this topic... |
transistor97 |
Oct-05-04 08:50 AM |
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There was a moment when I almost went back to fundyism. |
Ladyhawk |
Oct-04-04 10:03 PM |
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Drug/Alcohol abuse ... I have yet to meet a fundamentalist |
Iceburg |
Oct-04-04 07:50 PM |
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I'll second that, most that I know hit rock bottom from drugs or booze. |
doc03 |
Oct-04-04 08:09 PM |
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And if the addiction hits them early ... |
Iceburg |
Oct-04-04 08:39 PM |
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As for me, it was reflection, thought, observation and study |
LanternWaste |
Oct-04-04 07:55 PM |
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What are the five fundamental truths you refer to? |
DemBones DemBones |
Oct-04-04 08:16 PM |
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Pretty good, Bones. |
LanternWaste |
Oct-04-04 08:26 PM |
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Well, it figures that I left out Biblical inerrancy, |
DemBones DemBones |
Oct-05-04 12:48 AM |
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"Mother of God" |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-05-04 01:09 AM |
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But if God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit |
DemBones DemBones |
Oct-05-04 03:00 AM |
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When I refer to someone as a fundy wingnut, |
murielm99 |
Oct-05-04 06:59 AM |
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Fear of uncertainty. Fear of having to live without answers. Fear of |
Kimber Scott |
Oct-04-04 07:57 PM |
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Yes. Fear of uncertainty. |
Tigerlily |
Oct-04-04 08:06 PM |
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My guess... |
Tigerlily |
Oct-04-04 08:04 PM |
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I vote fear n/t |
LeinesRed |
Oct-04-04 08:11 PM |
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Define |
The Straight Story |
Oct-04-04 08:12 PM |
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Not all operating with the same definition creates problems. |
DemBones DemBones |
Oct-04-04 08:19 PM |
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That is what I am trying to grasp |
The Straight Story |
Oct-04-04 08:48 PM |
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Fundies are people who put dogma before anything else. |
Ladyhawk |
Oct-04-04 10:08 PM |
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Are we talking the "Jesus loves me" or the obsessive "brood on God" type? |
JVS |
Oct-04-04 08:56 PM |
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Fear and waning personal belief. |
Zynx |
Oct-04-04 08:59 PM |
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I think that, typically, something happens in their lives to |
DemBones DemBones |
Oct-04-04 08:59 PM |
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Most religious people |
Liberal Gramma |
Oct-04-04 09:13 PM |
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There's a cultural aspect too |
Astarho |
Oct-04-04 09:30 PM |
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Fear and loathing |
mitchum |
Oct-04-04 09:32 PM |
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They've been bitten on the neck by another fundie. |
Ilsa |
Oct-04-04 09:36 PM |
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Fundies breeding with other fundies. |
Ladyhawk |
Oct-04-04 09:53 PM |
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You know, not all fundies are poorly educated jackass rednecks |
nemo137 |
Oct-05-04 12:44 AM |
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It's sad that so many seem to pigeonhole them that way. |
DemBones DemBones |
Oct-05-04 12:55 AM |
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That's so true. |
bushwentawol |
Oct-05-04 01:08 AM |
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Susceptibility to BS and Deception |
opihimoimoi |
Oct-05-04 02:09 AM |
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Hate, ujustified ego and superiority complex, need to be told what to do, |
TankLV |
Oct-05-04 02:15 AM |
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an inability to handle the truth... |
flaminbats |
Oct-05-04 02:44 AM |
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'whoever tells you otherwise must be the devil trying to trick you' |
makeMyDaze |
Oct-05-04 07:14 AM |
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Drugs. |
Ripley |
Oct-05-04 08:40 AM |
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Brain death and laziness |
molly |
Oct-05-04 08:42 AM |
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Fear and uncertainties |
deutsey |
Oct-05-04 08:48 AM |
#77 |
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