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Message 57 of 112 (612002)
04-12-2011 4:52 PM
Reply to: Message 56 by fearandloathing
04-12-2011 4:42 PM


Re: Lets define Fundy churches
Yes I have looked there and I guess I am dumb becuase it still didn't answer my question. I guess I am missing something, are all protestant churches fundamentalist??
Fundamentalism is more of a personal belief than a denominational belief. Most would say that Lutherans are much less fundamentalist than Nazarenes, but you could find non-fundamentalists and fundamentalists in each congregation. Christian Fundamentalism is a non-denominational movement.

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Message 59 of 112 (612007)
04-12-2011 5:19 PM
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04-12-2011 5:06 PM


Re: Lets define Fundy churches
I cant say for certain,but it seems that fundamental Christianity is a fairly modern term, 20th century.
Since fundamentalism is a rejection of the modernization of christian theology in the 1800's and 1900's it would need to be a recent term.
This being said, then some of the things that have been attributed to Fundy's isn't so. Is this a flawed line of thought??
Yes and no. Modern christian fundamentalism is a movement to return to previous christian "values" found in earlier centuries. While society moves towards legalization of homosexual marriage there are many fundamentalists that would call for a return to laws that put homosexuals in jail (e.g., Oscar Wilde). They want the church to once again have the political influence it had prior to the modern era.

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Message 70 of 112 (612026)
04-12-2011 6:39 PM
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04-12-2011 5:56 PM


Re: Lets define Fundy churches
What the term means is to follow the fundamentals of the text;
And of course, what those fundamentals are differs between christians. "Liberal" christians do not see an inerrant literal Genesis as one of those fundamentals, nor do they see the need for laws that enforce biblical commands. Fundamentalist christians differ on both counts.

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