Religious Fundamentalism and the Judicial System

I would agree with this. And the way I feel fundamentalists label logic, reason, and evidence as hubris is by indicating humanity's falliblity through Adam's story. And instead of attemtping to try go beyond what a 2000 year old book says fundamentalists view that there is no point. You could say its some form of nhilism which is based of the bible that its all useless because humans couldn't reason themselves out of a box and cannot act beyond the way GOD says they can. Yes I believe it might, for to say that all truths have been revealed to them equates the notion of a superiority within all aspects and levels of culture. While Christianity does not necessairly preach superiority, if you have all the truths, how could you not start to begin to believe that everyone else is wrong? And then that begins to draw conflict between fundamentalists and any other culture no matter what way you cut it. This superiority will be demonstrated in the language used as well in the manner a fundamentalist will communicate to people in the out culture. They will be 'looked down' upon for not seeing the truth and out culture will consequently not like being treated as an inferior. So yes socially there will be a large impact. I think it might be like the French in the sense that the way French is, treats any non-natives as being out group and inferior...(tentative). And look at all of the France's problems. Couldn't say but frankly, fundamentalism suffocates reason, logic, objectivity and evidence. So it probably could destroy western justice on anything not preached in the bible.

I can understand the bit about the village magistrate dispatching whomever he feels like.But how do we address the problems about situations not addresed by the text? Does an elite few go ahead and use it because they feel they are responsible enough to use the technology and that no one else is? Or does new development just stop?