Is this the death of Christian Fundamentalism?

[safeinOhio]

Did it find one too many loop holes to survive? Are we seeing older members being the last of it?

[True Blue American]

1. I hope so

The utter corruption displayed at the so called Prayer breakfast is there for all to see.

The introduction asked for forgiveness and humility. The TV Preachers applauding Trump doing the opposite of what the New Testament teaches.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Christians have to decide which Jesus they want to follow:

A) Loving Jesus who promises salvation through good works, compassion, empathy, brotherhood,

or

B) Trump's Jesus who is angry, vengeful, and full of retribution for perceived sins.

[rampartc]

3. no

I suspect the movement will require a thorough revival in the post trump era.

the fourth "great awakening" seems to be circling a trumpist toilet, but as long as there are sheep, there will be shearers.

[3Hotdogs]

12. It can be more lucrative than the stock market.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. We pray so. (snort...)

[samnsara]

5. lordy i hope so

[SamKnause]

6. No they have a firm grip on this country.

Trump has appointed 190 right wing wackos.

All of his appointments are right wing wackos.

They have daily prayer in the White House.

This has been in the works for decades.

The Family: check it out.

[Croney]

7. No. All the young members of my extended family in the South

are bringing up their children in these disgusting fundamentalist cult churches. There's nothing I can do but visit rarely, and keep them out of my will.

[C_U_L8R]

8. How many times can they be born again?

Sure they're Fundamentalist but it's getting harder and harder to see one thing Christian about them. Hypocrites would be a better label. Convenientists who always find a selfish way to excuse their own misdeeds. Peabrained Shiteheads who spread fear, division, and hate of the other. The most amazing part is they get to worship their spiteful money god, tax free - which means we're all paying for their sanctimonious smarm. The lord does indeed work in mysterious ways.

[trotsky]

9. Not in the slightest.

As long as we keep empowering religious belief as "another way of knowing" that's just as valid as any other, we will keep empowering the fundies. After all, that makes their beliefs just as valid as anyone else's.

[DetlefK]

10. Atheism entered mainstream only 200 years ago.

Up until 1400 or so, all of Christianity was christian fundamentalism by today's standards. It wasn't until the late Middle-Ages that ideas outside of the christian mainstream even gained traction. (I'm not even talking about Luther or the Anglican Church. I'm talking about weird, liberal, magical offshots of Christianity like Giordano Bruno, Tommaso Campanella, Paracelsus, Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian movement...)

Atheism didn't enter mainstream until about the 19th century when scientists found to their shock that biblical explanations didn't match reality and that they had to come up with new explanations.

Christian fundamentalism will be around with us for at least another 100-200 years.

[rurallib]

11. Doubt it. There are still people who believe in Thor and Zeus

and that the earth is flat.

[safeinOhio]

17. They have been

reduced to being a joke with very little political power. That’s what I’d like to see.

[bronxiteforever]

13. Evangelical Christianity is just another arm of the GOP

People searching for a spiritual life will find American fundamentalism a desert. If you can’t tell the difference between a political party and your religion; one becomes superfluous and that one will be religion.

[PJMcK]

14. No

The fundamentalists have a mental disorder.

The first step to any cure is an acknowledgment of the problem. I don't see any of that self-awareness, do you?

As an atheist and former Christian, those people are fucked in the head.

[safeinOhio]

18. Also an Atheist, but

a student of religious thought. I find it very interesting. History shows many religious movements rise and fall. Anthropology of religion looks at it as adaptive or not. If it is not adaptive for its culture, one or the other will not survive.

[Act_of_Reparation]

15. No.

[edhopper]

16. It hasn't stopped them

in 2 thousand years, so I doubt it.

[safeinOhio]

19. It has ebbed and flowed.

Back and forth from enlightenment to dark ages. Like a pendulum.

[edhopper]

20. The Enlightment was decidely a reaction

against the Church, not a result of it.