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["Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>]

Subject : Fundamentalist - - - fundament - alist ....

hmmmm - .... dictionary definition :

 

fundament  ..... from Latin fundus

 

fundus ............n, plural (fun)di, Anatomy. The inner

......................basal surface of an organ farthest away

......................from the opening

 

Sounds like a fundamentalist is (cover the eyes and ears

of the innocent children to preserve their innocence) an asshole ...

 

Wendy wrote :http://www.religioustolerance.org/flds.htm

 

> I've been reading up on these people since Tvo sent the article. The whole thing gives me chills!

 

Well, Wendy, the first *ad* aimed at Barbie-izing/

Stepford Wives-ing women -

 

- the second is *monster networking* .... LOL (but ruefully)

 

> I never knew if my original Mormon statement/question made it through to the list.

 

It did. I remember ....

 

(snip) I think we all long to have a connection to a power greater than ourselves.

 

Being responsibly adult *is* scary and it *would*

be nice to be able to depend on somebody/

something other than ourselves ............

 

> There are sure a lot of ways to get there!

 

? Get where ? "Get" implies tangibility - the

various types of "heavens" are *not tangible*.

And since no one has come back to tell

us pro or con (no dead person nor any dead

prophet/Mohammed/Jesus/Buddha whomever)

I *really* do not understand *what* all this

"afterlife" stuff is about .... One would think

that after centuries of "no return" ... oh, well.

 

> I am not a fan of organized religion. I prefer to keep it spiritual and private.

 

Perhaps defining "spiritual" and "religious"

as *not equal to each other* *would* provide

some insight to people who cannot do that

for themselves .... I couldn't, not for *years*.

 

> Much of the rest seems like a matter of power, control, and money collecting.

 

A-yup.

 

Toni