"In sum, I take readers back to the headwaters that, little by little, since about A.D. 1660 have gained such momentum and prominence that we now find ourselves awash in ideas that most take for granted as true."
Sounds like another fundamentalist crackpot who wants to drag the world back to the 17th century.
All religous fundamentalism is rooted in a fear of the modern world, a paranoid fear of annihilation at the hands of the modern, secular world.
Fundamentalist sects exist in all major world religions, and they are all equally dangerous. The Christian Identity Groups (who aided Timothy McVeigh) sally out of their survival communities and commit what they regard as acts of war against the godless government and society of the United States: abortion clinics and personnel are often targets of groups with names like "The Army of God." And its all the same old crap from mentally-challenged losers who spring from family trees that resemble a telephone pole.
"So why don't you go dance with a rattlesnake, or babble in tongues, or whatever...Sounds like another fundamentalist crackpot who wants to drag the world back to the 17th century...All religous fundamentalism is rooted in a fear of the modern world, a paranoid fear of annihilation at the hands of the modern, secular world."
You seem to be deeply hurt in some way. Ex-cult member? Ex-wife? Don't let the seething bitterness consume you. You might want to learn to distinguish more clearly between people who have hurt you or your family, and others who aren't those people.
It would also help to see how silly it is to label everyone for objective truth as a backwards fundamentalist, and all cults you favor as impervious to criticism. Actually many of the fundamentalists you seem to hate so much aren't worried about the truth -- very different from myself. Use your brain -- not emotion and media labels.
It's a good thing you don't believe in over-generalizing. I know now to keep an eye out for those fundamentalist Buddhists. (sarc)