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The Dangers of Christian Fundamentalism

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Here's an interesting perspective that's worth a read:

http://theosischristian.com/why-is-fundamentalism-dangerous/
Posted by Foxy, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 10:26:51 AM
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Dear Critic,

You seem to jump into conclusions too quickly:

«There's actually 3 categories, believers, agnostic, athiest.
3 NOT 2.»

Many more categories in fact. How for example, people who believe in God when the pilot announces that there's engine-trouble and he's going to attempt an emergency landing; also when their favourite football team win, but do not think about God when dining and sleeping and strictly deny God when visiting the brothel...

At the bottom line, thoughts like "God exists"/"God does not exist", are just... thoughts... mental diarrhea. One does not become religious or irreligious merely for entertaining this thought or the other.

«Point in question there are multiple religions.
They can't all be right at the same time.»

Why not? One religion can be right for some people and another religion for others.
If there is a time when everyone practices the religion which suits them best, then at that time they all are right!
Posted by Yuyutsu, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 12:47:44 PM
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Foxy, I have just read the site you posted, and the claims made by the writer are merely his opinion and his theology is unfounded.

1. He claims the Church was to be built on Peter. No! the text states the Church is built on the confession Peter made of Christ.
2. He calls Genesis mythology without presenting any evidence of the text.

This type of thinking is heresy. Genesis is oral history, and the events are verifiable if understood in the Hebrew text.
3. He claims the gospels were not written by the authors given to them, yet research demonstrates only they would know the personal historical events they record. We have fragments of the writing of the gospel of John dating back to AD 125 - john was only a young man when he followed Jesus in AD 36.
http://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/02/15/the-earliest-new-testament-manuscripts/
Posted by Josephus, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 1:30:29 PM
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Hey Yuyutsu,
"If there is a time when everyone practices the religion which suits them best, then at that time they all are right!"

What if you're a Wall St banker and your religion is money and greed?
What if you're a environmentalist and your religion is Climate Change?

Religion... is it not just an expression of ones beliefs, creed, dogma?

'Fundamental'
Doesn't this essentially mean 'written in stone' or 'not open to compromise'?
So they can't all be right, because they don't all agree.
- And they're never going to agree, and this is true from one religion to another let alone the religious v's the rainbows

I think the main attack comes from those whose religion is LGBTIQ+ etc.
- They oppose the Christian groups beliefs.
Or maybe...
They don't just oppose Christians beliefs, but Christian's themselves...
Which makes them just as bad in principle as those they oppose.
- Both intolerant of the other

"We don't like your mob"; "Well we don't like your mob either"
Who even cares...

It's funny you know, if I said I believed in aliens, unicorns, bigfoot or dogman, no-one would even care.

In any case, I do think there are aspects of Christian fundamentalist beliefs which are dangerous.
I think there are aspects of all religions which are dangerous.
But that said, I think there also exists within them aspects of goodness.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 1:32:48 PM
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Dear Critic,

«What if you're a Wall St banker and your religion is money and greed?
What if you're a environmentalist and your religion is Climate Change?»

I can see, theoretically, how this could be the case for certain individuals. They are likely to come from a very low, depressed, situation, filled with shame, guilt, apathy and grief. For such people perhaps, taking care of themselves by earning money willfully, as well as doing whatever they naively believe to be a service to the community, could well bring them a step closer to God, thus form a segment of their religion. By God's grace they will eventually mature further and come upon their next segment.

I think the same can be said of fundamentalists who interpret scriptures literally - at least they read. One cannot run before they crawl and walk.

«Religion... is it not just an expression of ones beliefs, creed, dogma?»

Nay - that would be far too cheap: imagine telling your bank manager, nay even your grocer, that you sincerely believe in them thus they should give you that much more credit...
Posted by Yuyutsu, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 2:21:29 PM
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