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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 10:47 PM
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Fundamentalism, politics and GWB
Universal Declaration of Independence From Fundamentalism

Peace, freedom and democracy are in danger. And self-proclaimed "model democracies" are not exempt from a necessary cleanup.

1 - What is fundamentalism ?

At the beginning, the word used to designate a deviant Protestant movement but now, it can be applied to trends found in all major religions.

Fundamentalism means the total submission of a people to a strict set of principles.

Fundamentalism is not about religion (the pretext behind the means), but about politics (the actual aim of the game) ; ultimately, fundamentalism is about the total control of society in a caricature of theocracy.

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http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=6722
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 01:06 AM
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1. Got that right
Religion has always been about control. Nothing more, nothing less. "If there were no god, he would have to be invented" (The Brothers Karamazov)
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