Reply #12: Christians [View All]

[smitty]

The problem is that "fundies" also believe that they are truly following the words of Christ and the New Testament. So if you're a "sane" Christian does that mean that those with different viewpoints are an "insane" Christians---not much chance for dialog there. Fundamentalism is not just a Christian problem as there is Muslim, Hindu and Jewish fundamentalism out there too, it's a world-wide phenomenon. I think it's a reaction against modernism, democracy, feminism and science. It's not new, but it's become more widespread in the past 30 years.

We can't abolish fundamentalism, but can contain it and keep it from gaining political power. Moderate and liberal Christians (and non-Christians) have to take the concepts of fundamentalism seriously before we can deal with it successfully.