Assumptions of Extreme Fundies
There are two instances of extreme fundamentalism that I have seen recently that really irked me. The first is this hideous entry I read at fstdt.com.
I'm glad to see there were no "abortion is OK if she was raped" replies. If she was in fact raped, she must play the hand that was dealt to her, accept it as God's Will, and raise the interracial baby as her own."
For reference, the fstdt post is here:
Uberbeliever #racist
And the original post at Christian Forums is here:
Error | Christian Forums
It may be helpful to go over the Christian Forums link to review some of the context and some other horrific things this guy was saying that simply don't seem as bad compared to the above quote.
The other instance that I have in mind is part of Richard Dawkins movie The God Delusion. You can find the video on Google video or YouTube and the interview is at 40 mins in. In it he interviews a Moslem man who said:
Man: I hate athiests because athiests don't care if someone fornicates in the middle of the street. They don't care if their women go bouncing around on TV topless. It makes no difference because they don't believe in anything.
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My advice is to clean up your show at home. Take your forces off our lands. Correct yourselves. Fix your society. Fix your women.
Dawkins: Fix 'your' women? That is not my business. That is 'my' women's business.
Man: No it is your business! When you take your women and dress them like whores on the street..
Dawkins: I don't dress women they dress themselves.
Man: But you allow it as a norm to let the women go on the street dressed like this.
It seems to be that there is something about fundamentalism in genearal that allows people to harbor these INSANE assumptions about reality. Why is this? Is it just simply that the ignorance that gives rise to most dangerous types of fundamentalism is also inclined to serve racism or sexism where they are already present in a culture?
What are some other examples of this if you have them?
Soc. Issues in EvC please.
Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)
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