--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "matrixmonitor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---Yeah but the Fundie's have won the battle (not the long term war). > Since Carter's Presidency, the Fundies have more or less Shangheid the > executive branch of government, with plenty of right-wing big brass > Fundies (even going back to the Reagan era - e.g. Oliver North) , > secreted in high places within the pentagon, CIA, NSA, etc. > As to numbers, the TM Movement has almost become extinct but the > fundie Evangelical movement has burgeoned into a humongous powerhouse > of influence. You could probably count the numbers of active TM'ers in > the US in the thousands (a few thousand); but the largest Megachurch > in the US (in Houston- televangelist Joel Osteen) , draws in 20,000 > every Sunday. Even small towns all across the Midwest practically > have a Church for the fundies in every square mile. They're coming out > of the woodwork. Something stronger than TM-ocide spray will be needed > to deal with the pestilence. > Somebody - some remarkable Guru - must appear on the scene with a > visible demonstration of Siddhis. >
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