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Thread #41427   Message #598970
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
27-Nov-01 - 08:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Harry Potter: Good or Bad Witch part II
Subject: RE: BS: Harry Potter: Good or Bad Witch part II
There are "fundamentalists" in every faith, including the faith of people who would deny they have any faith.

As he often managed to do, Bob Dylan has a tag that fits:

In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand
Ay the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not thta I'd bevome my enemy
In the instant that I preached.

I agree with John H that it is unfortunate that the term "fundamentalist" gets adopted by, and used as a label for, people who are, through their intolerance and openness to hate and violence, opposed to the fundamental principles of the religion they claim to represent. And I don't just mean Christian fundamentalists here either.