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Mississauga story and an unanswered question

ivan88 @ivan88 (193) • Canada 28 Dec 12

There was once a story in a city of my residence - Mississauga. It's a city in Ontario, Canada (for those who don't know). It happened only once, and it was a pretty prominent operation for the local CSIS (Canadian Security...

The Mortal Dangers of Education

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 6 Oct 11

An analysis of fundamentalism in US Christian churches came up with some very interesting conclusions. One area they looked at was the role od modern education in the minds of fundamentalists. What they found was that: 1. Any...

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Traditionalism and Fundamentalism - how do they relate?

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 23 Sep 11

Academics have a view of this, which may or may not be the same as a layperson's, either sceptic or believer. They believe that traditonalists who turn to fundamentalism do so because it provides a greater sense of identity than...

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Crisis and religion

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 22 Sep 11

Social dislocation and uncertainty don’t necessarily make people turn to God, but people with a fairly strong religious tradition react to crises by turning back to the traditional patterns of belief which not only made sense of...

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Pagans on the march-

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 15 Nov 10

The following article was posted recently in another area that I chat on and I wanted to share it here for discussion:...

pagans on the march

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Back to church - after 30 years

Qaeyious @Qaeyious (2357) • United States 24 Feb 09

Now I'm really becoming radical in my old age ... My earliest memories are with a Presbyterian Church. Then my mother married an army sergeant who was a Southern Baptist. Fortunately, being in the military, we mostly used the...

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using the Bible in arguments

emilywickersham @emilywickersham (56) • United States 24 Sep 07

Why do people think they can quote a Bible passage to me to support their point and I will immediately agree with them? The arrogance of this never ceases to amaze me. It assumes 1) That the person being spoken to is a Christian,...

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Mock Terrorist Drill in New Jersey School

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 5 Apr 07

..I just heard this on the news. A New Jersey school held a terrorist drill. Instead of offending any Muslim folks by portraying the terrorists as radical Jihadists (an ok, even good idea by the way).. the portrayed villains in...

hostage situation

hostage situations

mock terrorist drill

mock terrorist enactment

prayer in schools

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recovering fundamentalists

Qaeyious @Qaeyious (2357) • United States 20 Feb 07

I started becoming more interested in christianity during adolescence, by the last years of high school I was actively participating in church groups and bible studies. Off I went to college, and found a church with an extensive...

Xian fundamentalism!

Adrenochrome @Adrenochrome (1653) 10 Feb 07

With all the talk of Islamic fundamentalism in the media, and the hard line approach of the Judaistic fundamental Israeli government causing death and blighting life across the Middle East, when will the Western governments strike...

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Why Do We Have Wars?

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 19 Nov 06

I think its because of religion, that is the main reason why there are wars, what do you think?

Why fundamentlism in Islam is so rigid?

saty2006 @saty2006 (10) • India 1 Nov 06

I think fundamentalism does exist in all religions.But why is it so rigid in Islam?