They may not yet be, but the culture they belong to may be. When does a culture go from "theirs" to "ours"? I think when it bridges a generation of native-born Americans. Definitely when it bridges two. And when it "infects" another non-related culture with some ideas.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > So your saying the family of this girl are now considered American > religion? Where's the line (which is a whole other conversation). > I just objected to the implication that incest, multiple wives, and > the sort was not so rare for American religious leaders. Mainstream > religious leaders. But your mention of Liberty University reminded me > that what I, as a Jewish NYer see as religious leaders is not the same > across America. > But I'd really not like to include LU as anything close to mainstream > religion, but... > > Oh, and it was act, not think. Anyone can think of a threesome, but > act on it? I don't think so. Multiple wives just means more work. Lots > more work. > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Jerry Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Many of those imported ARE now Americans, and are part and parcel of > their > > respective communities. Some for generations. > > > > Look at the Catholic Church's leaders' handling of victims of sexual > abuse. > > Look at all of the "fundamentalist" Morman splinter groups. > > Look at the imams of large cities, like Buffalo. > > > > And you cannot see this rhetoric out of Liberty University? Heck, Katrina > > and aids are the fault of the victims, why not rape? > > > > I actually think American religious leaders are MORE likely than the > general > > population to think this way. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
