--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- mark meredith wrote: > > > > > > TM true believers are very different from christian TBs in terms of > > > the surface beliefs but I feel the underlying emotional motivations > > > for belonging to such groups are very similar. > > > > I used to feel a kinship with the fundies, and was amused by > > the similarity in our political agendas. The religious > fundamentalists > > and the TM True Believers feel that mainstream culture is corrupt > > and want to create separate, pristine communities as a base of > > operations in changing the larger world. > > Er, the fundies want to stay away from the rest of the world until the > Rapture, in which case everyone else gets "left behind."
True, some do. And orthodox Jews don't proselytize. But large swaths of Christianity take seriously Jesus's admonition to "go forth and teach all nations." I think of Colorado Springs as a community that's chockablock with Christians who would love to make the rest of the world in their image. I think I got that impression because Focus on the Family is there, as is an old high school classmate who got serious about Christ and moved the family there. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
