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Thread #34681   Message #551140
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
15-Sep-01 - 09:29 PM
Thread Name: Afghanistan
Subject: RE: Afghanistan
McGrath, I was referring to the Muslims in northern Nigeria who are beginning to impose severe Koranic laws on the populace. We don't think of Mormons as fundamentalists in the United States. They are in the unnoticable majority except for the fact that they eschew all stimulants including alcohol (Caffeine-free Coca-Cola is OK). They have a few more prophets, as I understand it and The Book of Mormon which is the only home-grown American addition to the Bible. By primitive fundamentalists, I meant the My Way or No Way types. You are correct, I shouldn't have used the word fundamental. I think Jehovah's Witnesses are nuts, but they seldom do more than hold up The Watchtower in front of you as you walk down the street. In some ways they are like Christian Scientists. Some pentacostalists, Graham, Falwell, Robertson and their ilk are closer to my definition because they demand the Lord's Prayer and other Christian observances in the public schools, which I feel impose restraints on my freedom to dissent. Ian Paisley, of course, is an opportunist and a scoundrel.