Know your Fundamentalist stereotypes:

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Christian Fundamentalists: Our guilt is our burden. We rage against our physiology and pray for relief. We wish the whole world would just end already. But suicide would send us to hell...

Muslim Fundamentalists: God is everything to us. But his rules are strict. We relieve our frustration with this by mercilessly punishing anyone who breaks the rules. Even our best friends and children. For their sake ... Of course.

Mormon Fundamentalists: Sin and depravity are just a breath away, but our suburbs are pure and righteous. Your arranged marriage is the best you could hope for. We love you, we ALL love you. Loving you means we will disown you utterly if you become too different. The desert outside is harsh.

Anything I missed?

Comments

[lutin.livejournal.com]

Jews. Hindus. Buddhists. (Etc.)

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What are "jewish fundamentalists" like??

[lutin.livejournal.com]

Any religious group has a sub-group which is super conservative.

[garote]

Yeah, but I'm thinkin', details!

[rudetuesday.livejournal.com]

My limited experience with talking to Orthodox Jews about their belief system is that it's more inward-directed than other mainstream religions. There's not really an attempt to convert outsiders, for example.

[lutin.livejournal.com]

No, but there are other squirk worthy characteristics associated with that stereotype.

[rudetuesday.livejournal.com]

Oh, for sure. There are definitely specific details that pertain. Yep.

[garote]

Yeah, but any that we could call "fundamentalist"?

[rudetuesday.livejournal.com]

Not really. I think that's because the energy's all directed towards themselves (as a group or community or whatever).

[garote]

Hrmm, something like, "Never ever ever forgot the suffering of our ancestors"?

[rudetuesday.livejournal.com]

Oh, and one must also embody that suffering. Fill yourself up with learning, so that you know that suffering inside and out.