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I think that fundamentalism (and don't forget that the religious realm is
not monolithic) is less about religion or philosophy and more about the
exercise of power. That is why reasoned arguments and debate and advocating
the scientific method are useless in that struggle. I also think the fact
that fundamentalist leaders (of both religious and scientific stripe) are
guilty in so many cases of hypocrisy and wrongdoing shows that they believe
their rules are for other people, not for themselves. Their spurious debates
are a smoke screen to cause confusion and misallocation of our resources in
opposition. That's why they attack from so many angles and abandon debates
rather than admit defeat. So the proper response is not liberal hand
wringing over their failure to "see reason" but confronting them with the
exercise of our OWN power. Don't grant them the consideration they won't
grant us. Fight back!

Phil Edgerton, Asheville, NC

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