The Difference between Fundamentalists and Evangelicals

[Perky]

Merely because some one says "I pray you have a blessed day" does not make them a fundamentalist.

Fundamentalism largely believes in the inerrancy of Scripture and in the case of RW Fundies ( the inerrancy of the original Constitution): They have a huge misguided political slant to Scripture base largely on a fairly heretical extrapolation of who should be governed by OT Law.

Evangelicals believe is Jesus and in the power of prayer..There are certainly some folks that are both, but they are distinct groups. Evangelicals can be found in all denominations and are largely more tolerant.

THe difference is that an evangelical prays that you have a good day and a right wing fundies thinks that the only way to have a blessed day is to vote for a Republican.. By and large they don't pray...they picket and protest.

Praying that you would have a blessed day is I would think a somewhat pleasant sentiment although perhaps inappropriate on a Customer Service call. But if you happen to not be a "believer" its completely benign.

Besides in the post about the MCI repm the person providing the prayer could have been a Sikh or a Hindu or a Jew or perhaps even a Muslim.

[purduejake]

1. Sorry, but it's insulting...

To assume I would want to be prayed for. If I ask for prayers, it's a completely different thing, but I am not paying for somebody to express their religious wishes upon me. No thanks.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Exactly right! nt

[Igel]

7. That how I feel about people who say banalities

like "How are you?" or "Have a nice day." If I want their arrogant false concern, I'll ask for it.

Otherwise the damn fool clerks and idiots I have to mingle with should just ring up the purchase or down their canapes and let me get on with my business.

Had a professor who had this false patina of concern for his students. He'd come in smiling, ask if everybody had questions ... like the pig cared. If I wanted him to smile or had a question, he'd have known.

You're right. That kind of "civility" is certainly offensive, on all levels--whether religious or not.

[Der Blaue Engel]

2. ...could have been a Sikh or a Hindu or a Jew or...a Muslim

Or a pagan. That was my first thought, actually.

It doesn't bother me any more than "Merry Christmas" or more analogous, "Happy Holidays."

Now, if the person said "Jesus loves you!" on a business call, I'd pitch a fit and talk to their manager.

[Perky]

3. Fair enough.

[ret5hd]

4. i just tell 'em to "piss off" and hang up...

or slam the door, etc

[mcscajun]

5. I've heard this "and have a blessed day" crap twice in the past

week, having never heard it before now.

One was a customer service rep's VoiceMailbox (not naming the firm here) and the other, I can't recall if it was a firm or a residence...again, it was an answering machine/voicemail.

Both times it irked me. I don't want anyone wishing me a blessed day, much less by remote control.

Hell, I don't even know what a blessed day would look like, so I'm not sure I want to have one.

[Perky]

8. Wow..Ok Ms. Sunshine.....N/t

[purduejake]

9. Lol, if a "blessed day" looks anything...

like the ones lived by religious nuts spouting this crap, I'd rather just have a damned good day.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

10. Tell 'em "Thanks,

but I have other plans."

Edited to remove something I was sorry for saying after I read it again.

[mcscajun]

12. I like that line. If ever I get wished that by a living, breathing human

being instead of a recorded voice, I'm gonna remember that. :)

[Rowdyboy]

11. I would encourage anyone offended by "Have a blessed day" never

to move to the south. A majority of service employees (cashiers, salespeople, cooks etc) are black women, most of whom attend church and use "blessed day" regularly. Its part of their culture, they certainly mean no disrespect nor are they trying to proselytize. They're merely using the vernacular common in their community. It means no more nor less than "Have a nice day" and I would consider anyone who rebuked them to be a sanctimonious prig.

I don't use the phrase myself, but I have enough respect for the feelings of service workers not to take offense where none is intended.

[PowerToThePeople]

13. "I sacrifice a kitten to Satan you have a nice day"

That's how I pray. :sarcasm:

[Toucano]

14. I can accept this. Jimmy Carter is an Evangelical and Jerry Falwell is a

fundamentalcist.

"God bless you," can have many meanings depending on who is saying it and in what way.

"I'm praying for you," likewise can come from a positive place and a negative place.

Context, baby! Context.