Sat, 3 Sep 2005 13:42:35 -0700 (PDT 0Deborah Harrell wrote: > > From: Julia Thompson (I think)
>>> And you have given me the perfect opening for >>> offering up this link: >>> http://www.oriononline.org/pages/om/05-4om/Duncan.html >>> >> (It's 2 pages, link to second page at the bottom >> of the first page.) QuoteTherefrom "...Though it may shock those who equate fundamentalism and Christianity, ninety years ago the term "fundamentalist" did not exist. .... ... But the defamation of a religious vocabulary cannot be undone by turning away: the harm is undone when we work to reopen each word's true history, nuance and depth. Holy words need stewardship as surely as do gardens, orchards or ecosystems. When lovingly tended, such words surround us with spaciousness and mystery the way a sacred grove surrounds us with peace and oxygenated air. But when we abandon our holy words and fail to replace them, we end up living in a spiritual clearcut... ....As Mark Twain pointed out over a century ago, the only truly prominent community that fundamentalists have so far established in any world, real or imaginary, is hell." ......endQuote >Well, I haven't got much to add to this article except >for an 'amen!' (Hmm, although if the term >'fundamentalist' is so new, how did MT comment on it a >hundred years ago?) >Thanks for posting it. >Debbi >Carbon-Based Life Form Indeed Maru ;) Fundament, noun[Latin. fundamentum; from fundare-to lay the bottom,foundation; from fundus, the bottom] 1.)a basic principle; as, the fundament of analytics is the concept of position. 2) the buttocks 3) the anus 4) foundation. {Obs} Websters 2nd Ed. WOW! what a versatile little term... my imagination fairly reels at the options here..... Personally, I got alot out a paragraph at the top of that page; Quote:"..... True evangelism, based on the example of Jesus, does not suggest the "missionary zeal" of self-righteous proselytizers. It implies, on the contrary, the kind of all-embracing universality evident in Mother Teresa's prayer: "May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in." Not just fellow nuns, Catholics, Calcuttans, Indians. The whole world. It gives me pause to realize that, were such a prayer said by me and answered by God, I would afterward possess a heart so open that even hate-driven zealots would fall inside. There is a self-righteous knot in me that finds zealotry so repugnant it wants to sit on the sidelines with the like-minded, plaster our cars with bumper stickers that say "Mean People Suck" and "No Billionaire Left Behind" and "Who would Jesus Bomb?", and leave it at that. But my sense of the world as a gift, my sense of a grace operative in this world despite its terrors, propels me to allow the world to open my heart still wider, even if the openness comes by breaking—for I have seen the whole world fall into a few hearts, and nothing has ever struck me as more beautiful.."endQuote "hatemonger" Christian Fundementals Indeed........ LeonardJMatusik [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
