"Kenneth Collins" <k.p.collins at worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Jimbo wrote in message ...
> >
> >"Kenneth Collins" <k.p.collins at worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> >news:kzJZ8.37707$Iu6.2150051 at bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...> >>
> >> Jimbo wrote in message ...
> >> >
> >> >"Kenneth Collins" <k.p.collins at worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> >> >news:4XGZ8.109814$UT.7020136 at bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...> >> >
> >> ><snipped>
> >> >
> >> >> in this actuality, there's the necessity to explore the larger
stuff.
> >> >which,
> >> >> with respect to the Word of Christ, is what i do.
> >> >>
> >> >> "fundamentalist' interpretations get-into-trouble because they 'stop
> at
> >> >the
> >> >> interface'.
> >> >>
> >> >> often, with Tragic results with respect to which most folks are
> >familiar.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >What specific "Tragic results" as a result of "fundamentalist'
> >> >interpretations" are you referring to?
> >>
> >> 'segregation', 'apartheid', lynching, 'religious' warfare [such as that
> >> which is being waged against the U. S.], the Troubles in Northern
> Ireland,
> >> the threat of 'nuclear' war in South Asia, in general, all 'us vs.
them'
> >> stuff.
> >>
> >> if all of History is searched, the list is very-long.
> >>
> >> by 'fundamentalism', i mean exactly that which i discussed in the
> portions
> >> of my prior post that you 'erased'.
> >>
> >> seeing the 'interface' and 'thinking' that it's 'everything.
> >>
> >> it's not.
> >>
> >> it never is.
> >>
> >> what is, at least with respect to this or that instance of 'language
[say
> >a
> >> 'sentence'], is the larger stuff that is what underpins 'language'.
> >>
> >> Tragedy happens when folks establish 'rules' ['laws', 'treaties',
> >> 'agreements', etc.], and, then, 'forget' about the larger stuff in
order
> >to
> >> adhere to the 'letter of the law'.
> >>
> >> in such, reality is forsaken, while mere words, infinitely-replaceable,
> >are
> >> 'elevated' to the status of 'everything'.
> >>
> >> Tragedy happens because of the forsaking of reality that's inherent.
> >>
> >
> >I think fundamentalist **MISinterpretations** are responsible for
"Tragic
> >results".
> >
> What specific "fundamentalist **MISinterpretations**" are you referring
> to?
> 'segregation', 'apartheid', lynching, 'religious' warfare [such as that
which is being waged against the U. S.], the Troubles in Northern Ireland,
the threat of 'nuclear' war in South Asia, in general, all 'us vs. them'
stuff. if all of History is searched, the list is very-long.
