Comments - broad communication - Theosophy.Net2024-03-28T20:09:54Zhttps://theosophy.net/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3055387%3ABlogPost%3A21942&xn_auth=noFrom a sociological perspecti…tag:theosophy.net,2009-12-23:3055387:Comment:219482009-12-23T15:41:51.938ZKatinka Hesselinkhttps://theosophy.net/profile/KatinkaHesselink
From a sociological perspective globalisation and regionalisation go hand in hand. In other words: the very awareness of differences makes people retreat into their own communities more.<br />
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Applied to religion: religious fundamentalism USES the new technologies as much as religiously tolerant people do. Re: Saddam Hussein videos etc. I'm not just talking Islam fundamentalism, but also Christian fundamentalism, Buddhist fundamentalism and even Blavatskyan fundamentalism.<br />
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Which means that fighting…
From a sociological perspective globalisation and regionalisation go hand in hand. In other words: the very awareness of differences makes people retreat into their own communities more.<br />
<br />
Applied to religion: religious fundamentalism USES the new technologies as much as religiously tolerant people do. Re: Saddam Hussein videos etc. I'm not just talking Islam fundamentalism, but also Christian fundamentalism, Buddhist fundamentalism and even Blavatskyan fundamentalism.<br />
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Which means that fighting for tolerance is just as important and difficult as it always was. Only the way it's done changes.