Fundamentalists are rational

Who wrote that novel?

I completely agree. While I refuse to believe in eating the body of an undead hobo or that there is a big supernatural father figure with total power waiting to make everything right (or wrong) when I die, I have to say that I have much more respect for fundamentalists than I do for the mildly religious. I know exactly what you mean here. I've met so many religious people who are religious to the point that it doesn't interfere with anything they would otherwise do, at which point they seem to reckon the rest is optional, something you do only if you want to achieve sainthood. They tend to embrace the mythology and the rituals, but often (paradoxically) are at the same time extreme examples of everything the religion is supposedly against. There must be some psychological thing going on with these people, I have the sense that the religion's only purpose in their life is to provide justification for their behaviours.

we claim the privilege & allow all men the same privilege

1. who decides what the privilege�is? the mormons, all others? maybe all men are not interested in the privilege.


2. to claim and to not claim simultaneously is a contradiction. either you claim or you don't.


3. Could you accept this:"We don't claim any privilege and allow the others to claim a privilege or not. We are just doing what we think is best for us and don't think of people that do otherwise to be necesarily wrong."