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Question 1: Have you belonged to a Fundamentalist religion?

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:07 pm
by Mr. P
Have you or someone close to you ever adhered to a religious group that Karen Armstrong would define as fundamentalist? Does her view of fundamentalism "ring true" for you?Mr. P. The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.I came to get down, I came to get down. So get out ya seat and jump around - House of PainHEY! Is that a ball in your court? - Mr. PI came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy PiperEdited by: misterpessimistic  at: 1/16/05 2:10 pm

Re: Question 1: Have you belonged to a Fundamentalist religi

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:22 pm
by Mr. P
No.I was raised Catholic, but never really bought into the bullshite!Mr. P. The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.I came to get down, I came to get down. So get out ya seat and jump around - House of PainHEY! Is that a ball in your court? - Mr. PI came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy Piper

Re: Question 1: Have you belonged to a Fundamentalist religi

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:33 pm
by scrumfish
I am unsure of how exactly Armstrong would define Christian fundamentalist, but I would have to answer this question yes on both counts. I am finding parts of this book to be eerie echoes of things I used to believe. My family went to a Lutheran Church until I was in the first or second grade, at which time we started going to a Baptist Church (NOT a Southern Baptist Church as they are all quick to point out, but I wouldn't be able to tell you the difference). When I was in junior high I was heavily involved in the youth group at a Pentecostal Church. I spoke in tongues! I went through Lutheran confirmation classes (or what is wrong with the Catholic Church lessons, as I like to call them) and was confirmed. In high school I remained active in Lutheran youth group and helped with the brainwashing of young souls on Wednesday nights at the Baptist Church's AWANA program. I believed that carbon dating was inaccurate and that we needed to save as many souls as possible before the imminent rapture. I believed that crime went up when they took prayer out of schools and it was going to get worse because they were taking it out of graduations, too. I was in high school when the Supreme Court ruled that a prayer could not be presented by a principal, teacher, or clergyman. I was voted by my class to give the student led prayer at my graduation. I believed that the framers of the Constitution didn't really mean for separation of church and state, and that the U.S. must remain a Christian Nation in order to continue to be blessed by God. I believed that the world was biased against Christianity.Most of my family still believe many of these things. They especially believe that the U.S. will not be blessed if it "becomes" a secular nation. I think this is one of the reasons fundamentalists fight so hard. Although I cannot accept everything that Armstrong puts forth, there is definitely something to the idea of fundamentalism as a reaction to feeling threatened. I remember how I felt when the Supreme Court ruled on prayer at graduation. Now I get that empty-pit-stomach feeling when it goes the opposite way. God was important to me, and remains very important to my parents. Not just as something they believe in, but as a part of their daily lives. It is horrifying for them to be told that they have to leave God out of certain parts of their life. Sometimes I wish that they could have a religious country of their own because it means so much to them. I just don't want to give them mine.

Re: Question 1: Have you belonged to a Fundamentalist religi

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:11 pm
by Swamy Maximus
No. I was saved.

Re: Question 1: Have you belonged to a Fundamentalist religi

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:26 pm
by Bear son of Eagle
No, I have a functioning cerebrum.