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Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?

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Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
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RE: Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
August 4, 2014 at 8:46 pm
(August 4, 2014 at 8:41 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Off topic: Polaris, why do you always use the term "Moslem"?

Phonetics. It's how I speak the word.
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RE: Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
August 4, 2014 at 8:49 pm (This post was last modified: August 4, 2014 at 8:50 pm by rexbeccarox.)
Are you a baby boomer?
... and are there any other words you spell phonetically?
... and why would you pronounce it that way?

Sorry; just really curious.
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RE: Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
August 4, 2014 at 8:55 pm
(August 4, 2014 at 8:40 pm)Polaris Wrote:
(August 4, 2014 at 8:36 pm)Blackout Wrote: Weak analogy fallacy. I don't see any contradiction. First of all, what do you mean by being progressive? And second, my anti-theism doesn't seek to take away people's rights of believing, I can make critics without persecuting anyone, something fundies have trouble doing

Progressive: anti-war, anti-death penalty, socialist care for the needy, pro-rights, etc.

By telling someone they aren't a good religious observer by actually being progressive, then you don't really care about being a progressive. A progressive would encourage a believer to adopt progressive values.
Anyone who believes in democracy will be pro-rights, right wing or left wing. I'm a libertarian right wing so I'm not a fan of socialist care, but I'll admit some is necessary. I don't think being a progressive is strictly connected with those traits though.

So you're saying we should just shape religious teachings to fit society? Isn't that pretty much creating a new religion? Thinking
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RE: Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
August 4, 2014 at 8:59 pm (This post was last modified: August 4, 2014 at 9:02 pm by Polaris.)
(August 4, 2014 at 8:49 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Are you a baby boomer?
... and are there any other words you spell phonetically?
... and why would you pronounce it that way?

Sorry; just really curious.

Is that an American term? I saw a show in San Diego called Boomers, so I assume it meant those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s as teenagers. Moslem is how I try and convert my language into English.

Blackout...why do you think there are so many different groups among religions? They continually change to fit societal values.
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RE: Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
August 4, 2014 at 9:27 pm
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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RE: Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
August 4, 2014 at 10:04 pm
(August 4, 2014 at 8:59 pm)Polaris Wrote: Blackout...why do you think there are so many different groups among religions? They continually change to fit societal values.

Really? I thought it was because people couldn't decide on what colour unicorn they liked best.
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RE: Aren't fundamentalists the 'good' guys?
August 4, 2014 at 10:46 pm
(August 4, 2014 at 10:04 pm)Napoléon Wrote:
(August 4, 2014 at 8:59 pm)Polaris Wrote: Blackout...why do you think there are so many different groups among religions? They continually change to fit societal values.

Really? I thought it was because people couldn't decide on what colour unicorn they liked best.

As I've noted before, LDS in less than 200 years has 'fissioned' over a hundred times.

Even the Amish have had a big blow up over the width of their hat brims!

So the unicorn colour conjecture is hardly an exaggeration.
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