Dear Paul,

I understand your urgency to return to the trunk of the discussion which you started while Foxy and I have branched out.

Whenever speaking of "danger", one should state what the danger is to, who or what might suffer. In your opening address, you only stated "the world", to which I responded that in my view the world as such is not under any danger.

So perhaps you want to be more specific, expressing who (or what) exactly, in your view, is in danger from Christian fundamentalism.

Meanwhile Foxy picked up the conversation in a direction possibly different from what you originally intended, claiming in effect that Christian fundamentalism could be a danger to her beloved Australian regime.

To which I responded in effect: "Oh yeah, a danger to the Australian regime is, for the common people, not a danger, perhaps even an opportunity".

Now if you think that Christian fundamentalism is ALSO a danger to common people (beyond the petty danger of being late due to road congestion near their churches), then I am neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but just think that you ought to be more specific.

Hi Yuyutsu,

Read the link I gave. It may help this discussion.
It is on topic.

Here it is again for you:

http://livingsafetogether.gov.au/Documents/preventing-extremism-and-radicalisation-in-australia.PDF

"The challenge for Australia is to accept difference while
also promoting social cohesion. A breakdown to social cohesion
can lead to a breakdown in community resilience. This in turn
can lead to a wide range of social problems..."

There's much more on the given link.

The link Foxy gave identifies the threat of extremism with this definition.
"However, it becomes a concern to everybody, including families, communities and law enforcement, if a person begins to advocate or use violence to achieve a political, religious or ideological goal. In Australia only a very small number of people ever have or will ever use violence to promote their cause. Those who do have undergone a process called radicalization.

Radicalisation is a complex process that can occur for people across a diverse range of ethnic, national, political, and religious groups. The process involves a series of decisions which, in certain circumstances, will end in an act of violent extremism."

We must identify what is extremism and what is a person's right to freedom of ideas. Totalitarian states use violence to suppress personal freedoms and those with a socialist bent would like to see their ideas reign supreme.

Some try to identify Scott Morrison as an extremist because of his association with Hillsong, but his right-hand man was a devout Jew.

Australian cults have been identified by authorities over
the years in Australia - ranging from "The Truth Church"
on which 60 Minutes did an expose. To - "The Family,"
"Agape Ministries" "Kenja," and many more. They do exist.