re: #177 myfriendwatson

Seems a bit of a reach. Not knowing where he’s lived, with whom he’s been forced to be around in his daily life, and the circumstances that prompt his attitude, then turn around and non-sarcastically state you’re tired of the opposite? Hence my downding.

IMHO, your stated refusal to consider the equivalence of Christian vs. Islamic fundamentalism whiffs of denialist patter. There have certainly been infinitely more direct examples of Islamic fundamentalist violence in our very recent history — but my belief is that fundamentalism is anti-logic and anti-faith: fundamentalism is always based on dogma. The minute a person decides to act based on the belief that their dogma is superior to another’s, we have problems. I can’t think of a single example of benign religious fundamentalism. At best, one could state that Christian fundamentalists have not been politically violent as a group. Yet.

Am I saying the sky is falling? Hell no. I am saying that dismissing them as harmless or completely dissimilar is dangerous.