just to be clear....?

Question

am I considered to be a fundie if I...

1. take most of the Bible literally
2. Believe all Scripture is correct, just deeper than most know
3. won't accept other religions as truth as I believe many truths are irrational (2+2 cannot =5.1 under any circumstance)
4. believe Christ scratched out 90% of the OT laws
5. believe "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind"

or not? I have to be called something...

Answer 1

I think that the word 'fundamentalist' is being redefined these days. I often hear 'fundamentalist' used in a negative light. To the best of my memory, this negative definition really started to take hold as new age Charismatic/Pentecostal churches were being challenged on their teachings, they called any challenge as coming from 'fundamentalists' who didn't love...

Now I see this negative meaning filtering into political talk. Many times we hear the words "extreme right" with 'fundamentalist'. I can only assume that when many people hear the word fundamentalist today they think of terrorists, cults etc.

As I understand it during the late 19th century and early 20th century there was quite an influx in Liberal Theology. In reaction to that influx many Conservative Christians ‘“…actively affirmed a "fundamental" set of Christian beliefs: the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth of Christ, the doctrine of substitutionary atonement, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and the authenticity of his miracles.”’

Answer 2

Hey, Ray,
I'm a fundie, and most of that looks pretty good except maybe #4. Christ didn't come to scratch out the law - He came to fulfill it. Just as with #2 "deeper than most know", the difference between doing away with the law and fulfilling it is not understood by all. He didn't pass a congressional bill that changed or did away with a law - He paid the correct payment for something that costs too much for you or me to cover.

The law didn't get eliminated. If fact, some could argue that it's tougher now than before He came. The OT says not to commit adultery - in a "letter of the law" sense, it does not say anything about married men going to strip clubs.... But Jesus now holds us to a higher standard - no strip clubs, not even ogling the girls at work or school, as He would consider that adultery!

#1 - The parts that the Bible intends as literal, take literally. Yes, Adam and Eve were the first two humans and they lived with God in the Garden of Eden. God made the whole place in six days, each having 24 hours, and He did it about 10,000 years ago. All humans today are descendants of Noah and his family. The bush burned and wasn't consumed.

Answer 3

First off 2+2 can equal 5.1 under certain circumstances, that is where reading something other than the bible comes in. Most of the OT has been documented as being taked from other cultures. That reading thing again. Believe what you want, but when you try and shove it down my throat then I start using words like fundie.

Answer 4

your fundie membership card is in the mail. remember to pay your dues - 10% of your GROSS income - that would be a tithe.

I think it is funny when Bible believers say that Christ scratched out the OT laws. Do you all not know that Christ was a Jew and followed the laws of the OT. What Christ did was to show how the laws of the OT were being used to seperate people from God.

Jesus did remove SOME of the laws - mostly those to do with how a person treats another person. He said Jews could talk with Gentiles by TALKING with a Gentile.

Bible believers are amazing - they don't understand what they are talking about more than any other group of faith people I know.

Answer 5

1. ok
2. Good.
3. Jesus is truth. He is not a religion. He is a relationship.
4. Jesus fullfilled all of the laws. We are now under God's grace.
5. I agree.

Being a fundie depends upon your relationship with Jesus. Do you have one? If so, yes, you may be a fundie if you follow Him.

Answer 6

You would qualify as a fundamentalist Christian, yes. Based on the information given, you probably qualify as an Evangelical Protestant, and are likely either nondenominational, or Born-Again.
As a side point, how do you reconcile 4 with 1?

Answer 7

how did Christ scratch out 90% of the Old Testament laws. He was a fulfillment to the law. There are things that we do not have to do because of Him, i.e. Animal sacrifices and such but, I don't see where you get that.

Anyways to answer your question, no I don't think your beliefs are what people are thinking that you are this way, it is probably the way that you react to them and their statements.

Answer 8

Greetings,
How about Christian??????? Of course if you find this objectional then there is a child of God,brethren of Christ,a believer of the Word or disciple of the Lord.

Answer 9

No. Like Euclid, the fifth postulate is problematic. That one gives you away as not being quite as deluded as a fundie.

Answer 10

I'd say that makes you a Christian. Anything else is just a label and not worth worrying about.

To prove my point, I believe in most of the same things that you do. . .and I'm Catholic. I seriously doubt that a lot of fundamentalists would think of my faith and denomination in terms of their own beliefs, but there you have it.

Edit:

Ann H, you beat me to it! :-)