widows son
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Any thoughts??
Would you care to define the term? Cordially, Skip.Any thoughts??
This is odd that I agree with skip on this one. Who will define what is a fundamentalist? When stuff like this has to be defined to make a law it causes a real problem. You know like what is rich. That is why I think things are done because of envy not greed. Is it envy that makes a man to want to limit the others by calling them fundamentalist?Would you care to define the term? Cordially, Skip.
Not quite. My problem is the number of comments on this without regard for the meaning of the term. It strikes me as intellectual laziness. This definition of the terms comes from Dictionary dot com:The definition of fundamentalism is the demand for a strict adherence to specific theological doctrines, this means no change, to room to grow, no advancement, just stagnant. Who would envy that?
The 3rd point can be applied to any belief structure within the overall term.a movement in American Protestantism that arose in the early part of the 20th century in reaction to modernism and that stresses the infallibility of the Bible not only in matters of faith and morals but also as a literal historical record, holding as essential to Christian faith belief in such doctrines as the creation of the world, the virgin birth, physical resurrection, atonement by the sacrificial death of Christ, and the Second Coming.
2. the beliefs held by those in this movement.
3. strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles.
I hold the view that he meant just what he said.Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)
I don't think that a non fundamentalist would envy a fundamentalist simply because their reality is clouded and boxed in. The definition of fundamentalism is the demand for a strict adherence to specific theological doctrines, this means no change, to room to grow, no advancement, just stagnant. Who would envy that?
Jvarnell,
Everyone and anyone is what defines things, it doesn't matter who's defining something of something is what it is, then that's what it is, as humans we need to box things in order to understand them, but interpretation is up to you, and whether your mind is boxed in or not, and everyones reality is clouded, as nobody knows absolute truth, and as for "envying a definition", I'm not sure what you mean, but if referring to me, i gave a definition fundamentalism and Skip kindly expanded it. With out definition there would be no concepts to grasp
I never said anything about throwing away faith, the reasons I listed above are what I think should be thrown away, if you can't adapt to a changing world then you will be left behind in the dark( not you specifically jvarnell) all religions that display fundamentalism are just one sect of the religion, such as Christianity with the many sects that go with it, and not all of them are fundamentalists, they accept many ideas and beliefs from other sources than the bible. Catholicism and Protestantism condemn freemasonry. There is zero evidence to show that anything in the bible is fact, or "data."Certain things may be accurate, such as wars but are usually exaggerated in the favor of who's writing the story. Fundamentalism is one sided, bias, and in some cases contradictory to the religion it is a part of