“…well, one might as well say secular fanaticism is a very dangerous thing; or democratic fanaticism is a dangerous thing, or economic fanaticism is very dangerous thing…” – AW
One might, …..and one does. “If one believes fanaticism is always dangerous, and danger is always bad, of course any fanaticism is a bad fanaticism.” – AW By its very nature, fanaticism* is dangerous because it is based upon ignorance. [* “Fanaticism is an emotion of being filled with excessive, uncritical zeal,…”] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanaticism Other definitions are similar in meaning. “… On the other hand if one does not think fanaticism is essentially evil, then some are fanaticisms are good, some, bad, and we'd need to separate one from the other.” – AW Being ‘bad’ for most people has nothing at all to do with being ‘evil’… a notion that is not universal. All the rest is justification for being fanatical and doesn’t hold water except for the apologist. On Jul 18, 3:14 pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > "religious fanaticism is a very dangerous thing".... well, one might > as well say secular fanaticism is a very dangerous thing; or > democratic fanaticism is a dangerous thing, or economic fanaticism is > very dangerous thing. > > If one believes fanaticism is always dangerous, and danger is always > bad, of course any fanaticism is a bad fanaticism. On the other hand > if one does not think fanaticism is essentially evil, then some are > fanaticisms are good, some, bad, and we'd need to separate one from > the other. > > I'm fanatical about, for example, every clause in the Nicene creed, > because I happen to believe it's true. A billion Catholics profess it > every Sunday, I figure I ought to do some homework understanding it. I > pray it daily, read entire books by Saints and Popes opening up it's > beautiful meaning. Some might call that fanatic. And I'd agree. Slip, > what's wrong with that? > > On Jul 10, 6:44 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No way, there has been much more development within the secular than > > there has been in any religious segment of society, fact is that > > religions are mostly at the base of all the fears that are occurring > > in our time. Religious fanaticism is a very dangerous thing and it's > > getting worse!! Take a real look. > > > On Jul 10, 5:32 am, alexandra laughton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Sure bible has it's faults but it just aims at reducing human ones. > > > human mind has not progressed enough to support the developments & > > > inventions around it.H > > > ence the new testament- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
