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Originally Posted by Yasmine Bint Al Nubia
Education is the key. Not just facts and figures but learning to develop the intellectual skills to determine trash from treasure. How does this relate to the topic? If someone told me that Oriental Dance was the sinful path to Hell, my first response would be to question why that statement was made. Does that person care or my eternal salvation? Does that person want torepress my self-expression? Has this person ever seen me dance?
Why does fundamentalist religionists(add your favorite) find Oriental Dance sinful? In my opinion it is to repress the the question of "why".
Yasmine
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Perhaps I am making too much of a jump, but it seems like a lot of fundamentalist religions tend to actually narrow the scope of religion. I know here, that christian fundamentalists are against the teaching of darwininian evolution. This makes me wonder what they aren't teaching in other countries. I am a big supporter of a full education for all, as I believe that education is the key to avoiding and escaping poverty where fundamentalist religions thrive.