Msg # 202   
Date: 11 Sep 90 15:32:56
From: G. Adam Stanislav
  To: Camille Lockyer
Subj: Re: General Text Files
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 > of churches.  Do you want names?  These people are the
 > funde's of whom
 > I speak and they don't even consider catholics
 > christians or mormons.

I am not going to loose any sleep over fundamentalists not considering
Catholics Christians. The Catholic Church was founded by Christ himself, how
more Christian can it get?

Fundamentalism exists in any religion, spirituality, ideology that has been
around long enough. Khomeini was a fundamentalist Moslem, yet that is no
reason to claim all Moselms are fanatics. Hitler was a fundamentalist
Socialist, yet that does not make all Socialists anti-human.

Some people in New Age movement say the name contains many other words
hidden, words that tell us about the name bearer. So what words can we find
in fundamentalism (this is supposed to be any word that can be made out of
some or all letters in the name).

Well, quite obviously, it starts with FUN, and indeed those people are funny!
It also contains both FUND and FUNDS. They are successful fund-raisers, are
they not. Many a fundamentalist preacher has raised millions.

The word DAMN can be constructed from within fundamentalism. Perhaps that is
why they are so concerned with eternal damnation, after all that word will
stay in their name forever.

You can find TALISMAN in it. They indeed expect help from external sources,
rather than from within. They also expect this help to come automatically
once certain conditions are met.

MAN as well as MEN can be found. Perhaps that is why there is no
understanding of the feminine principle in God. Indeed the word MALE can be
found easily but FEMALe is just one letter short, thus suggesting the woman
is somehow subject to the man. Yet, we can find the Latin word for woman
carefully hidden in FEMINA which suggests women can actually get their
influence in fundamentalism but must do it a conver-up manner.

MENTAL is there as well, which is not even hidden. It is the central part of
the word.

And of course FUNDAMENTAL suggests, all things considered, they are
fundamentally wrong. If you combine the latter two with LAME what do you get?

I'd rather not comment on the fact they are hiding my name, ADAM, in their
own. Perhaps it is a sign of hope they may restore their original innocence,
the state before the original sin some day. Unfortunately, because of all the
other influences, they have ways to go.

Shall I continue? There are other words you could find in the word
fundamentalism (gee, did you ever receive any MAIL from them?), but the above
are the most obvious, and thus most influential ones.

                                    Adam

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Msg # 215   
Date: 12 Sep 90 11:08:42
From: G. Adam Stanislav
  To: Camille Lockyer
Subj: Analysis of the word "Fundamentalism"
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Another important idea came to mind overnight in the analysis of the word
"Fundamentalism".

We can find words like FALSE, LIE, and LIES in it. But we cannot find "liar".
This seems to fit interestingly with my experience with fundamentalists, at
least the few I got a chance to meet, here in the North (Pittsburgh, PA):
They are extremely sincere about their beliefs. I see in them more victims
than victimizers. I don't agree with them, but usually cannot blame them of
evil intent.

Of course, that can be a very dangerous quality, especially when we consider
such "victims" as Khomeini. I bet he was very sincere in his fundamentalism,
and believed it was the right thing to slay the perceived enemies of Allah,
but his fanatical sincerity hardly justifies his actions.

By the way, the word SLAIN can also be found in fundamentalism. But "slayer"
is not there. Maybe we should not be sticking such extremes as Khomeini in
the same bag with them? On the other hand, STALIN can be built up from the
letters in the word fundamentalism...

An interesting thought which also coincides with my experience of them being
sincere is that while we can find DAMN in it, as mentioned last night, we
cannot find "condemn". Many of them sincerely believe the rest of us are
heading for eternal damnation, but they do not condemn us, rather are trying
to save us (in their viewpoint, that is).

They are going to LAST for a while , they are going to NAIL many, but
many of them will be NAILED as well. Some of them are going to make a MINT in
the process.

An important word in understanding fundamentalism is SAFE. Not "save"
curiosly, but SAFE. "Save" has something to do with eternal happiness, and it
is not contained in their name (how could fanaticism produce eternal
happiness). SAFE, on the other hand, has something to do with the here and
now. In the world where so many different, seemingly opposing, trends in
philosophy, religion, spirituality and politics exist, many a MIND is
confused and wants to find a SAFE system which has a predefined answer to
everything.

This, by the way, is what allowed Communism to spread. Marxism-Leninism had
an answer to everything (and it is a form of leftist fundamentalism - Hitler
and Stalin hated each other because they were different expressions of the
same idea: fundamentalist socialism).

It was SAFE to follow such a system because it helped you get rid of the
necessity of making up your own mind in an insecure world. More importantly,
since you did not need to make any decisions, you had positively no
responsibility for them, thus you were SAFE.

I hope this shows clearly how dangerous any form of fundamentalism (not just
within Christianity) is. It is dangerous to the society because it wants to
control others. It is dangerous to the individual because it prevents him
from making his own choices (albeit, he may have made the first choice of
becoming a fundamentalist -- but then he pretty much loses the choice of
reversing that decision -- something akin to what drugs tend to do).

Of course, by necessity found in its name fundamentalism will FAIL to provide
the security its follower is looking for.

I am amazed myself to how many words I could find in that one word just last
night and this morning. I am even more amazed how much insight they offered
me in the phenomenon of fundamentalism. Maybe instead of getting MAD at them,
we need to send them our blessings to help heal them before it is too LATE.
Why LAMENT over them. They contain the same divine sparks each and every one
of us does. They are our brothers, and they are more aware of this fact than
we are. (Why else would they try to "save" us?)

Some other words just thrown in: SALT, LIST, TAIL(S), DENTAL, LEAN, MEAN,
NAME, MIST, IS, AM, I, DANTE (Divine Comedy?), SUN, ALAN, STEAM, SEAT, STEAL,
STEM, FUSE, FILM, SATAN, TEN, TEND, MIDST, TIME, LIME, LIMA, AIM, TIN, TAN,
TUN, NUT(S), US, SAM (is that why they are so numerous in America?), SET, IN,
A, AN, AMEN. Need I continue?

                                    Adam

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