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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
I guess this puts the United States front and center on the list of targets. The numbers for students studying the sciences in American universities is at an all time low. When you take away the international students, those numbers are even worse. Religious fundamentalism is also on the rise in the United States, with the fastest growing religions being the Evangelical and Mormon sects of Christianity. The level of indoctrination in these belief systems continues to grow as more and more non-accredited "Christian" universities are built to promote the ideology. Finally, the last eight years certainly must show just how much control and damage the fanatical aspects of one political party can do in a country. It seems to me that the United States fits the bill for a first strike based on the criteria presented. I think that shows just how wonky some of the thinking is in classifying potential threats. I know its probably arguimg semantics, but that is some pretty scary stuff.
In the mean time, anyone know the number of a good bomb shelter contractor?
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The connection between times of uncertainty in the world and rising religious fundamentalism is very significant. Religion is used as a tool for coping with what people can't interpret on a literal level (aka, science). It brings a level of understanding to people that otherwise would be lost sheep. That sounds harsh...But it's a view shared by every anthropologist in the world.