tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post2959486595364632384..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: FundamentalismLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-62725175164918631652014-07-02T07:56:20.708-06:002014-07-02T07:56:20.708-06:00I use FUNDAMENTALISM a lot but I always assumed it...I use FUNDAMENTALISM a lot but I always assumed it meant a (insert religion/dogma) who believed all the tenets in their holey book rather then the hypocritical (insert religion/dogma) who picked and choose the points that they could stomach.<br />As another example I am a fundamental climate change person in that all the evidence points to our rampant industrial complex is the root cause and other factors -sun-deforesting-cattle raising are just a part of it and there are others that say it is happening but its OK as it is just natural changes caused by the sun (they ignore that parts they don't like). The vagueness of various words and concepts is what prompts me to always ask the opposition what a word means to them -ie 'theory', before any discussion of it.L.Longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-11287191909732875172014-07-02T06:58:28.614-06:002014-07-02T06:58:28.614-06:00I object because they are theocratic and authorita...I object because they are theocratic and authoritarian.<br /><br />They can be as fundamentalist as they like, and as Christian or Islamic as they like, as long as they keep it to themselves. It is their continuing attempts to impose their religious ideas on others, that I find objectionable.nwrickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245981500899410679noreply@blogger.com