If so please share your reasoning.
2006-09-26 14:55:45 · 11 answers · asked by Tom 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Outstanding question!
Absolutely yes!!!
The Pharisees condemned anyone who didn't follow the Torah to the letter of the law. The fundamentalist do the same with the Bible.
Example: Jesus was chastised for hanging out and eating with the outcasts, the marginalized, the sinners, and was put to death
for it.
Who are our outcasts today? Gays, abortionist, atheist,etc.
Jesus would be in the middle of these groups eating,healing, showing compassion and the Fundamentalist would come along and crucify Him all over again.
2006-09-26 18:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by BETTY ROCKER 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think "Pharisee-ism" is a form of "Fundamentalism". The Pharisee stuck to the fundamentals - his own fundamentals (the ones that arose out of his ego/human imagination), and lost track of the fact that he had lost God a long time ago - in other words lost the true fundamentals with which he had been entrusted so that he could help make God known to his underlings - that was his job.
2006-09-26 22:03:25 · answer #2 · answered by oatie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever scripture is read out of historical and textual context, error is made. The Pharisees took the law very literally, and as a result, missed the appearance of a promised Messiah because they saw what they wanted to see in the Torah and Prophets.
The same mistake is made by fundamentalist Christians who preach hate and bigotry, or fundamentalist Islamists who are trying to get revenge for the Crusades.
2006-09-26 22:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pharisees were earmarked by 3 points: 1) knowledge of the letter of the law, (2) public displays for acknowledgment, and (3) self-justification.
Fundamentalists of any faith are marked by their knowledge of the letter of the law. Jesus was a 'fundamentalist', but He was also the Author of the law. I suppose that which keeps a fundamentalist from being Pharisaic is what they do with that knowledge.
2006-09-26 22:13:38 · answer #4 · answered by claypigeon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would describe it as such.
Phariseeism taught that the Law should be followed right down to the very letter, & Fundamentalism, likewise, also says that Sacred Scripture should be followed right down to the very letter.
2006-09-26 22:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. A fundamentalist is just one who believes in basic Christian doctrines and also some more conservative ones like innerancy and a literal 6-day creation. This alone does not make one a religious zealot. Many fundamentalists are zealots, but others are not. The relationship is not one of necessity.
2006-09-26 22:02:29 · answer #6 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting idea. I think it can be said to be. Jesus did not have a fundamentalist understanding of the Scripture. He interpreted it with a heart, and not strictly literally.
2006-09-26 22:10:32 · answer #7 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Pharisees were well known for their public demonstrations of "faith" and attempts to force their version of the "law" on everyone else.
Fundamentalists are also first class hypocrites.
2006-09-26 21:58:37 · answer #8 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It can be. Any form or religion can become Pharsadic.
2006-09-26 21:57:58 · answer #9 · answered by Bimpster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be it depends on where the glory goes to Christ or the individual.... Jim
2006-09-26 21:57:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋