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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-19-05 09:21 PM
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4. I like conservative Christian as well
"Fundie" has become a rather perjorative term -- I believe one can have a Fundamentalist belief yet not be as far to the right as what the term implies.

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  -Serious question about the use of the word "fundie" Frogtutor  Jan-19-05 10:06 AM   #0 
  - I prefer radical religious right  Cheswick2.0   Jan-19-05 12:46 PM   #1 
  - I agree with Chelswick2.0.  Maat   Jan-19-05 05:46 PM   #2 
  - think of a Venn diagram  Cheswick2.0   Jan-19-05 10:13 PM   #5 
     - Thanks for that. I think I can conceptualize it better now.  Maat   Jan-19-05 11:15 PM   #6 
  - I admit to using fundagelical. Also use conservative or RW Christian  GreenPartyVoter   Jan-19-05 08:17 PM   #3 
  - I like conservative Christian as well  AngryOldDem   Jan-19-05 09:21 PM   #4 
  - i have no problem with "fundie"  realisticphish   Jan-20-05 01:30 AM   #7 
  - Yeah, I don't like calling some of them Christians either...  Frogtutor   Jan-20-05 08:53 AM   #8 
  - Thanks everyone for your input;  Frogtutor   Jan-20-05 09:06 AM   #9 
  - The precise definition of "fundamentalist" is...  pelagius   Jan-20-05 11:20 AM   #10 
  - That is not the precise defintiion of fundamentalism  Selwynn   Jan-20-05 11:40 AM   #12 
  - Right! Good catch! n/t  pelagius   Jan-20-05 11:54 AM   #13 
  - Yes, but the word "fundamentalism" derived from the Christian variety...  regnaD kciN   Mar-07-05 03:10 AM   #31 
  - Where did you get this interpretation?  Cheswick2.0   Jan-21-05 11:53 AM   #16 
     - all evangelical means  realisticphish   Jan-23-05 11:29 AM   #19 
     - Jim Wallis of Sojourners (www.sojo.net) is another example  pelagius   Jan-23-05 05:30 PM   #21 
  - "religious fundamentalist" has a very clear and specific meaning  Selwynn   Jan-20-05 11:39 AM   #11 
  - Well, this raises other questions in my mind...  Frogtutor   Jan-20-05 05:59 PM   #14 
  - well then just call her part of the religious right  Cheswick2.0   Jan-21-05 11:58 AM   #18 
  - akkkkkkkkkk... selwyn, not true  Cheswick2.0   Jan-21-05 11:56 AM   #17 
  - I disagree that "fundamentalists" are not literalists...  pelagius   Jan-23-05 05:32 PM   #22 
  - Baptists are NOT "part of the fundamentalist movement"...  regnaD kciN   Mar-07-05 03:17 AM   #32 
  - on the other hand  realisticphish   Jan-23-05 11:32 AM   #20 
     - Exactly what I was trying to say, but you did it so much better!  Frogtutor   Jan-25-05 07:14 PM   #24 
        - I'm sticking with your term, 'the radical religious right'  Maat   Feb-16-05 09:57 PM   #29 
  - Read Borg's "The Heart of Christianity" He has some thoughts on this.  GreenPartyVoter   Jan-20-05 11:01 PM   #15 
  - I've recommended that book...  pelagius   Jan-23-05 05:36 PM   #23 
  - I'm definitely going to read this;  Frogtutor   Jan-26-05 09:55 AM   #25 
     - Yes -- but I think of it as beyond "liberal" or "conservative" n/t  pelagius   Jan-26-05 01:31 PM   #26 
        - Borg uses the terms "earlier" and "emerging" Christianity...  Telly Savalas   Feb-15-05 07:43 AM   #28 
  - I like to use the term "Rigorist"  AlabamaYankee   Feb-08-05 04:34 PM   #27 
     - Keep in mind  Sgent   Feb-22-05 01:22 AM   #30 
        - Also, keep in mind that there are many different Baptist denominations...  regnaD kciN   Mar-07-05 03:23 AM   #33 
 

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