Reply #1: wow.

[idgiehkt]

Wow. wow. wow.

You are right on the definition of fundie. Is it possible that your mom is resentful of babysitting and venting to this woman, who in turn might have seen herself as standing up for her? In my family (almost all of whom are fundies except my spineless sister who just acts like one when it's to her benefit) there is almost always trashing of people going on behind the scenes that eventually spills out onto the trashee (more often than not, me) in an unconvenient moment, leaving them pretty stunned.

My mother always does the explaining away thing as well, which drives me insane. It's crazy-making, because what happened happened, and that was offensive enough, but then along comes my mom to tell me, no dear, that really didn't happen, (in other words, not only am I offended by what person X did, I'm delusional and paranoid as well). Sigh. No answers, just commiseration.

edited a pronoun. my posts make less and less sense.... :eyes: