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I question the implied proposition that most or all religious fanatics are
ignorant, uneducated. I am continually amazed at the ability of highly
intelligent and learned people to erect a barrier between two sides of their
character - the reasoned side and the irrational side - without inner
conflict.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean O'Toole" <trading@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: THE ANSWER
> OM, I think you are simplifying things a bit too much. Religious
fanaticism
> comes about not because of religious beliefs, but from a lack of
education.
> Iran is a case in point. Under the Shah, the country stressed education
and
> equality though Islam remained their national religion. When the Muslim
> clerics took control of the country, their first act was to destroy the
> educational system that had built Iran into a productive society.
Ignorance
> leads to fanaticism and fanaticism leads to terrorism.
>
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