On 08/09/2006, at 2:20 PM, jdiebremse wrote:
I hesitate to write the following, as while I have been thinking about
this post for some time, the recent thread on "religion" makes this
post
somewhat dangerous. So I'll just say up front that I am not going to
get involved in an atheism vs. religion discussion....
;) Too late...
I'm curious as to why you make a decision between their "religiosity"
and their "religious fanatacism." Isn't the use of the word
"fanatacism" simply a way of trying to distinguish "their religion"
from
"our religion." For example, is there really any difference between
the building of the moai and the building of Christian Cathedrals -
undertakings which often took generations? Was the building of
Christian Cathedrals an example of Christian "fanatcism"?
Good question. Where does "devout" become "fanatical"? I think you
may be onto something here.
Charlie
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