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Origins of Fundamentalism

By and others ⋅ June 5, 2004 ⋅ One comment

fundamentalism. 1. In Protestantism, religious movement that arose among conservative members of various Protestant denominations early in the 20th cent., with the object of maintaining traditional interpretations of the Bible and of the doctrines of the Christian faith in the face of Darwinian evolution, secularism, and the emergence of liberal theology. A group protesting “modernist” […]

History of Fundamentalism

By and others ⋅ June 5, 2004 ⋅ One comment

from http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/fund.html ………….. Origin of the Concept: The term `fundamentalism’ has its origin in a series of pamphlets published between 1910 and 1915. Entitled “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth,” these booklets were authored by leading evangelical churchmen and were circulated free of charge among clergymen and seminarians. By and large, fundamentalism was a […]

Shall The Fundamentalists Win?

By and others ⋅ June 5, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

from http://ellsworthme.org/uuce/Sermons/fundawin.html SHALL THE FUNDAMENTALISTS WIN? a sermon by the Rev. Mark Worth Sunday, November 8, 1998 READINGS: 1. From Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity, by Bruce Bawer, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1997: “In a 1996 sermon, a friend of mine who is an Episcopal priest recalled that he cringed when, at a […]

What’s A Funny Mentalist, Mommy?

By and others ⋅ June 5, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

The Fundamentalist Fallacy Or, “What’s A Funny Mentalist, Mommy?” (Originally published in Get Off The Cross!, Vol. I, #23, 11/10/97) Is it just me, or can some people not see the truth even when it’s staring them in the face? Before I really get started, I have a secret to reveal. I used to be […]

Fundamentalism and liberalism

By and others ⋅ June 5, 2004 ⋅ 2 comments

Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity Do movies like “The Passion” bring you to tears over the sacrifice Christ made? Do you wonder if what He stood for is represented by today’s Christianity? If you share these questions with me, Bruce Bawer’s book “Stealing Jesus” is worth reviewing. Book Review – Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism […]

My Stance Against Fundamentalism

By and others ⋅ June 5, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

My Stance Against Fundamentalism ….. Having stated that I’m anti-fundamentalist, I better add a short disclaimer. First of all, realize that I am not trying to deprive fundamentalists of their right to practice religion as they see fit. ….. A popular quote, attributed to Voltaire, puts it this way: “I disapprove of what you say, […]

Becoming (or passing yourself off as) a Christian fundamentalist

By and others ⋅ June 5, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

alt.christnet.christianlife,alt.christnet.evangelical,aus.religion.christian Becoming (or passing yourself off as) a Christian fundamentalist (a)Learn to respond to everything said with the word ‘Amen’. Learn to enlongate this, i.e., Ameeeeeen or Arrrrrmen. So if someone says ‘The pastor’s sermon was very spiritual wasn’t it?’, or ‘The church congregation is becoming larger’, you reply ‘Aaaameeeen!’, or ‘Amennnnnnnn!’. The longer the […]

Definition of Fundamentalist

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… Fundamentalists are parodied at Landover Baptist …. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who We Are and What We (And God) Believe Our Bible Based Policy Against The Unsaved As most churches liberalize themselves and reject the commandments written by God in the Holy Bible, the Landover Baptist Church continues to do exactly what […]

Fundamentalists

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… from Peter Cameron’s “Heretic” (Doubleday; Sydney: 1994) p. 38 I regarded Fundamentalist students as defective Christians who, I hoped, might eventually grow up. p. 70 … [Fundamentalists] like the Donatists, of whom Augustine said: ‘The clouds roll with thunder, that the House of the Lord shall be built throughout […]

The Gospel According To Woman – The Problem: Sex

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

from Karen Armstrong “The Gospel According To Woman” – Chapter 1 -The Problem: Sex ( Pan; London:1986) p. 1 Christianity has formed Western society and Christianity has been the only major religion to hate and fear sex. Consequently it is in the west alone that women have been hated because they are sexual beings instead […]

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