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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:15 PM Original message |
Fundie vs. Christian? |
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Kamika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. true difference? |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. I yield my time to SOteric... |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. There are quite a few differences |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thanks, that clarified a lot for me... |
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beanball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. The Bible |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. And then there's the Church of England (Anglican)... |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Fundie doctrine typically looks something like this |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. But how is that different from just plain old |
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joycep (847 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I am a Christian |
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YNGW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Hmmmm |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fundamentalist Christians and Fundamentalist Muslims |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. A good place to start your research is |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I agree... Go to this website first..... |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. It has a very large anti-Catholic bias |
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RhodaGrits (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. divisive - |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You're kidding! |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. We would all be better if we judged people by who they are not what ... |
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MikeH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. People Who Don't Accept Christ Go To Hell, According To Fundamentalists |
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BL_Zebub (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. You say that as if going to Hell was a bad thing? |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Go to Beliefnet |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Its Difficult To Explain |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. You forgot the Gnostics, they were the first Christians. n/t |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 12:04 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. No, the gnostics came later |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Well according to the Gnostics at least Jesus was a gnostic himself |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thanks everybody! |
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KCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. depends on the bible study |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Thanks, I live in NYC, so I guess it's |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. How incredibly astute |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Depends on the Bible study |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. Depends on the Bible study |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here's another question... |
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KCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Christians believe that Christ is God's son |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. This is where I get lost... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. That is exactly what runs through my |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Rabrrrrrr's quick and dirty explanation of the Trinity and God=Jesus thing |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Hey, thanks Rabrrrrrr |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-08-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wow, you guys pretty much summed it up! |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Overall great summary |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. You're right. I just read that in another post.... |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yeah, I understand that as well |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. purgatory? |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. There isn't a scriptural passage |
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afraid_of_the_dark (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. And they all hate the Catholics. |
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skippysmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. why is that anyway? |
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afraid_of_the_dark (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The reason I got from some fundie friends of mine... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. They also see Catholics as Mary worshippers, which, |
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afraid_of_the_dark (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Thanks... I had forgotten some of those. |
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progressiverealist (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. basically, the terms Fundie and Christian are melding into one. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. Yes, I think where I get confused is |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
31. Fundamentalist/Evangelical/Mainstream Protestantism/Liberal Christianity |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Thanks! That was so much better than I said it! n/t |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. There was another belief I forgot to add: |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Thank you! That was a |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. Not a Christian but have experience with both |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. I think you hit the nail on the head with the |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
35. one difference i have observed |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. So why do they spend so much time |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. There's Christian and then there's Fundamentalist |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. Kick |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'd recommend the book "Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism" |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. John Shelby Spong |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thanks for the clarification |
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BlackVelvetElvis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. That's a great book |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
48. I can usually tell the difference. |
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BlackVelvetElvis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I hate that smugness in Fundies |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
61. Thanks everyone for the great suggestions |
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lagniappe (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
65. I was raised Catholic... |
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