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My short life has seen its fair share of fundamentalism, first as a Catholic and later as a Bhakti. You are right to attack religious moderates for their lack of stringent concern over what they claim to believe, but fundamentalists leave themselves open to just as much scrutiny.
The problem with moderates is that they may know they are acting against the teachings of their beliefs, but they are assured salvation through a Savior. This is their thinking: "I hit my wife tonight, but I can pray and God will forgive me. Further more, Christ died on the cross for me, and I have been promised that His blood shall always purge my sins."
The problem with fundamentalists is that their obsession over rites and protocol often leads them to understate the importance of the message within their beliefs in favor of adhering to decorum.
It's hard to win with religion.
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