tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post115091073432069760..comments2023-10-31T04:46:50.678-04:00Comments on Stregoneria: Fundamentalism (again)lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06976499853247756152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1151077263857987422006-06-23T11:41:00.000-04:002006-06-23T11:41:00.000-04:00I think there's a difference between conservative ...I think there's a difference between conservative and fundamentalist. I think fundamentalism is really a language issue, in that fundamentalists belief in the unchanging literalness of a text. Words mean always and forever and, of course, they assume that what they think the words mean is what the words meant when the words were written. I have no problem with someone who calls themselves "conservative." You can have a conversation with a conservative, but how can you have a conversation with someone who only believes that there is ONE truth, and anyone who disagrees with that one truth cannot be reasoned with?lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976499853247756152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1151009321826821452006-06-22T16:48:00.000-04:002006-06-22T16:48:00.000-04:00You refer to "ideology" and I think that may be a ...You refer to "ideology" and I think that may be a good word to denote fundamentalism in the broader sense you're referring to.<BR/><BR/>In the comments section of my blog I just happened to be fooling around with defining religous fundamentalism and found myself calling it "traditional beliefs with a bad attitude." Because you do sometimes find people with conservative beliefs who don't have that hateful threatened shrillness in the way they come across.Dariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456843848141315800noreply@blogger.com