Thursday, March 03, 2011

Dangers Of Fundamentalism

Religious fundamentalism is dangerous because it cannot accept ambiguity and diversity and is therefore inherently intolerant. Such intolerance, in the name of virtue, is ruthless and uses political power to destroy what it cannot convert. It is dangerous, especially in America, because it is anti-democratic and is suspicious of ‘the other,’ in whatever form that ‘other’ might appear. To maintain itself, fundamentalism must always define ‘the other’ as deviant

Peter Gomes

The need for confirmation and removal of doubt is at the center. Plus the ego. Somehow this ever-expanding mystery was meant for me. For eternity.

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