[shunyadragon]

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Automatic Nate,)
</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Pooeypants,)
Education would be the key, oh and freedom of choice. Most ppl are brainwashed with the stuff from the beginning, it's hard to break out through what has been going down your ear hole ever since you can interpret speech.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

As an adult convert to Xty, I would qualify that; I was raised to be Republican, and many of my Xtn friends have had similar experiences. Now I'm a theological pacifist flirting with communalist economics (but without the courage to get together with people to try it). An account of religious "brainwashing" really ought to consider the converts' experience.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

I am interested in more information on what you describe as 'Xfy' and 'Xfn'. You said you were raised to be a Republican. I would like to hear more.

The topic 'Drop God and go for Allah', is an interesting one in terms of how and why people change what they believe. It's an interesting contradiction since God and Allah mean the same thing. From fundimentalists I often hear the phrase 'My God, your God.'