The 4 Major Factors That Fuel Religious Fundamentalism

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

I have a mantra on life that I wish to share with you: Ignorance enslaves, breeding hatred and extremism; while knowledge liberates, breeding compassion and understanding.
Fundamentalism, which I define it to be a very non-pluralistic approach operating on absolutes, stems from ignorance – and thus only breeds negativity. It is a venomous disease that kills positivity, and needs to be identified and cured on a very personal level.

As a Muslim, who in his earlier days had adopted quite a fundamentalist approach, I have come a long way by internalizing a basic yet painful truth...…...

To read more:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/quranalyzeit/2014/04/26/the-4-major-factors-that-fuel-religious-fundamentalism/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Muslim&utm_content=49

[SHRED]

1. #5

Patriarchy

[guillaumeb]

2. Patriarchy is the foundation.

All else is built upon the foundation.

[Major Nikon]

3. #1 Religion is inherently corruptible

I speak for god and he says to...

No other reason matters much.

[edhopper]

4. Oh those terrible fundementalist atheists!

Just as bad as religious fundamentalists.

He should have just talked about Muslim fundamentalism and not try the bothsideism.

[marylandblue]

5. "looking down on others" is not what I hate most about fundamentalists

What I hate most about fundamentalists is their insistence on forcing their lifestyles on others. This is not a feature of progressive religion or of current atheism in Western societies.

So the article does really miss the point through bothsiderism.

[Lordquinton]

6. Interesting that you post an article from a diciple of Russell

[MineralMan]

7. LOL!

I hadn't clicked through yet. Great find!

I wonder if Guy got that far in the article. Guess not...

[guillaumeb]

10. I wonder much when reading your posts.

And sometimes I find my mind wandering amid all of the sameness.

[MineralMan]

11. :shrug:

[guillaumeb]

12. Yes, that is also often my reaction.

But if it gives you satisfaction, I understand.

[MineralMan]

13. ..

[Lordquinton]

14. Out of left field with that personal attack

What do you think about this person being a diciple of Russell?

[guillaumeb]

15. A personal attack?

Okay.

[Lordquinton]

16. What do you think about this person being a disciple of Russell?

You were adamant that anyone who was a follower was intolerant, and now you're posting an article form one. Which is it?

[guillaumeb]

17. I called Russell intolerant about religion and theists.

But that has nothing to do with posting this article.

[Lordquinton]

18. Even though the author is a disciple of Russell?

That seems rather inconsistent on your end. Why do you suddenly not care about that anymore?

[trotsky]

9. Gil's gotta gil. n/t

[trotsky]

8. Typical.

The one factor ignored? The holy text at the center. Omitting that says more than the entire article.