In the past 40 years fundamentalism has boomed in USA, might it be from the chemicals in the water?

Answer 1

And to much sugar.

Answer 2

In sincerity, I believe much of the growth the fundamentalist types of churches have enjoyed can be attributed to two main causes. One, a reaction to the liberal theology that has also proliferated, and this much as it did around the turn of the century. (The series of booklets named "The Fundamentals" came out about 1909, and is where the label is taken from)
The second, the last few social changes left people looking for something solid to base their lives on. By social changes, I mean things like Sexual revolution in the 60s, down turn in the economy, even political corruption which caused many to begin to doubt the government. Anything which made people feel insecure, or threatened their life.

Answer 3

Yep, chemicals in the water resulting from reprocessing sewage containing everything people flush, putting it in rivers for people downstream to drink is almost certainly the reason for the boom in fundamentalism.

Before chlorine, fluorides, pesticides, herbicides, and excreted upstream medications got into the water nobody ever heard of fundamentalism.

Fundamentalism circa 2007, was sinful liberalism circa 1957. The chemicals loosened things up.

Answer 4

Make no mistake. It's from the competing churches in this country and their attempts to win converts and rally supporters. Fundamentalists pick up new bylines and claim their view is the most authentic biblical perspective. The groups spend millions on megachurches that stress obedience above all, and claim to understand god using the literal interpretation of the Bible. Of course they are also the ones behind the opposition to Evolution and other modern science, claiming to be excluded by atheists in secular government, when religious people are in fact the majority.

Answer 5

Obesity has boomed as well. I think both conditions have something to do with the chemicals cattle-farmers put in the feed to improve yields.

Be smart, be thin! Don't eat beef!

Answer 6

When I was 10 years old I could walk down the street and fear nothing, even at night. Now as an adult I am afraid to walk down those same streets in the daytime.

Moral decay drives people to seek Jesus, Jesus is hope, Jesus is life, Jesus is the answer.

Don't know if you've noticed but today people are killed on the streets of big cities, pretty much at will.

So much for the "liberal experiment."

Answer 7

As the world heads toward the end of days, I've noticed in the past few years people are getting back to their native roots or picked origin. People claim to be Native Americans, even if their 99% White. People of mixed race caliming to be one or the other if it gets them more attention. People with some Irish blood getting back to their Celtic roots, and people getting back to their earliest trible roots.

Answer 8

i've been listening to year zero too. lol.

hmm... i doubt it. brainwashing chemicals would result in a larger majority.

Answer 9

I think the cause is probably the rubbish in the media.

CD

Answer 10

Because 'super size' looks like 'stupidize' so they keep ordering wrong?

Answer 11

No.
People see the decay all around them, and they are desperate.
They want God, and they want Him badly...but they want Him on their terms and in their own time...so, instead of patiently seeking Him out, they invent Him.
Unfortunately, in so doing, they have made a mockery of God...