This is where the fMRI would come in mighty handy. Determine the parameters of fundamentalism and then hook up a few atheists and see if they meet the criteria. Or some food fundamentalists like me. Or some fashion fundies. You get my drift. My guess is we all have some fundamentalist tendencies in us about something. And even Taylor warns about how such knowledge could be misused.
________________________________ From: Buck <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 12:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Scientist: Religious fundamentalism is a mental illness > > "Someone who has for example become radicalised to a cult ideology -- we > might stop seeing that as a personal choice that they have chosen as a result > of pure free will and may start treating it as some kind of mental > disturbance," Taylor said. "In many ways it could be a very positive thing > because there are no doubt beliefs in our society that do a heck of a lot of > damage." > > This is very positive and hopeful research for all of humanity. Even for a coming cure of some of the sorry radicalized anti-science irrational meditation-hating cult we often see on this board. -Buck > > > > From: turquoiseb <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 8:01 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Scientist: Religious fundamentalism is a mental > > illness > > > > Â > > I heartily agree with her premise, but have my doubts > > about her theory that it's curable. > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/kathleen-taylor-religious-fundamentalism-mental-illness_n_3365896.html > > > --- In [email protected], Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> wrote: > > > > Yes, the Soviets would have said the same thing. "If you don't like what we > > want for you, you must be anti-social and must be treated for your > > disorder". Then you were institutionalized and fed a concoction of drugs to > > set your mind "free" or until you agreed with the state and saw their point > > of view. > > >
