--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Just wondering why you seem to care so much that you ask again > and > > > > again and again-- is this another case of your studying human > > > > fundamentalism? If so, whose? Yours, or Bill's? :-) >> > > > > > > Me fundamentalist? Wow, you really don't read well do you. > > > > My original question remains -- why all the (SHOUTED IN CAPS) > interest > > in whether Bill Gates learned TM? > > Actually my second question also remains, but as I really didn't > expect a profoundly introspective reply from you, I am not > disappointed :-)
However, to be fair, if we use Sahgal and Yuval-Davis' definition of fundamentalism (see below), while the first feature (claiming one's version of religion to be the only true one, and feeling threatened by pluralist systems of thought) *might* well apply to you, I don't see the second feature (using political means to impose one's version of truth on all members of one's religion) in you at all, unless "political means" include ridicule and insults. Sahgal, Gita and Yuval-Davis, Nira (1992) "Introduction: Fundamentalism, Multiculturalism and Women in Britain." In Refusing Holy Orders: Women and Fundamentalism in Britain, edited by Gita Sahgal and Nira Yuval-Davis, pp.1-25. London: Virago. Sahgal and Yuval-Davis on fundamentalism: Beyond all these differences, there are two features which are common to all fundamentalist religious movements: one, that they claim their version of religion to be the only true one, and feel threatened by pluralist systems of thought; two, that they use political means to impose their version of the truth on all members of their religion . . . Fundamentalist movements, all over the world, are basically political movements which have a religious imperative and seek in various ways, in widely differing circumstances, to harness modern state and media powers to the service of their gospel. (p.4) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
