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fundamentalism In 'The Battle for God' Karen Armstrong points out that fundamentalism is essentially a reaction of fear. People place their identity in a system of belief and any challenge to that system will evoke a survival response which can be violent. Rush Dozier also covers this in his...

reply to Brian Good point Brian. In my use of separation I was referring more to the idea of separation from God a la the Fall myth. This separation contains the element of enmity. Campbell notes that the idea of separation from the spiritual realm emerged about 2000 BC. This was morphed...

reply to is Christianity to fixated with salvation? The entire salvation issue responds to a profound error in early shaman's minds. The earliest mythology had viewed the forces of nature as expressions of the gods. As these forces were often destructive, it was believed that the gods were...

Did Christianity begin as an end of the world cult The most prominent mythological influence on early Christianity was that which had profoundly influenced Judaism before- Zoroastrianism. Zoroaster was the first to posit the dualism of a good creator opposed by an evil power or the lie. In this...