The World Scourge: Fundamentalism

From the beginning of known history to now, one single insect bite in humanity has never gone away. This itch is scratched so often that it has spread and is covering us like a sleeping bag. It is today's plague that we believe is "far off", but it is not so. It is called Fundamentalism and it is rampant everywhere.

So with that introduction you are probably thinking: "Oh yes...Jamie is going to rant about Islamists blowing Jews up". Well, my friend, you are incorrect. I am going to discuss a new type of fundamentalism, one that is usually shrugged off. This is what I call "Western Fundamentalism" (not to be confused with materialism, although materialism has a part in this). It is the viscious, aggressive, and conformistic need to be a non-conformist. I recently went to a great collection of people called "The Warped Tour", a rock festival that was a lot of fun...and a sociologist's dream. In it I noticed this fundamentalism everywhere. The mass of "punks" yelling that they refuse to be conformists in one large block of like people in the same place. Is this not strange? Don't get me wrong; I am all for being unique and different, but my gosh, thousands of people are fooling themselves. Green Day's song "Minority" actually made me laugh when I heard it because they are not even close to being one. Everyone in our society is constantly being fundamentalistic about their new Gods, themselves (Thank you Five Iron Frenzy). If you dare to mention that they are conforming to the "non-conformists" they go all psycho.

Well that's that, you get the point don't you. I'm not into writing books when I don't have to so that's life.

By the way, pray for the peace of Israel :D