2007-12-23 01:03:43 · 19 answers · asked by AS 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fundamentalism is a term popularly used to describe strict adherence to Christian doctrines based on a literal interpretation of the Bible. This usage derives from a late-19th- and early-20th-century movement that opposed the accommodation of Christian doctrine to modern scientific theory and philosophy
2007-12-23 01:13:06 · update #1
Fundamentalism of any kind is the most dangerous force on the planet - always has been always will be....
2007-12-23 01:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Extremely dangerous.
Don't think for one minute Christian fundamentalists are a bunch dumb rednecks, they aren't. Their main activists are rich, white, most are "baby-boomers, and their agenda is power and money.
One will hear "born again" (John) endlessly but little relevance is paid at all to the other Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke that contain the core of Jesus' most important moral teachings. The moral teachings of Jesus thus become optional thus fundamentalists believe they are saved and their personal conduct, no matter how un-Christian, is forgiven. This "faith alone" nonsense is salvation for nothing. They construct God in their own image.
It should also be noted that these cult/splinter churches all hold Catholics and mainline Protestant churches as "spirits of the Antichrist." (Pat Robertson) Most of their claims are totally non-Biblical such as "secret rapture" and the word "rapture" isn't even in the KJV Bible at all. What they really preach is their own politics and the occult. I do not consider these churches Protestant (they are separate sects) and really question if they are Christian at all. All of their leaders such as Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts, etc. have no recognized credentials as theologians. Yet the damage they do to the emotional well being of others can't be calculated.
Make no mistake, their stated purpose is to impose, with force if necessary, a theocracy and eliminate all modern scientific theory and social philosophy. This means entire scientific fields and research would be banned, restricted, or curtailed. All civil law as we know it today would be replaced by Biblical Law based mainly on the most brutal sections of the Old Testament. Even many Christian churches would be banned for their lack of "Christian correctness."
The potentially lethal mix of politics, religious bigotry is a menace to our free society.
2007-12-23 10:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
fundamentalism linked to politics are dangerous by definition.
Funamentalists refuse to hear opinions other than dictated by their faiths. Opinions that will then be forced onto others. this goes against the very spirit of free religion, free speech and democracy
2007-12-23 09:18:11 · answer #3 · answered by mrzwink 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Christian Fundamentalist are joined at the hip to the current leadership in the oval office. This is dangerous, as our constitution specifies seperation of church and state. This president has no regard for the constitution.
Bush claims to be a Christian, but really he only uses it for political purposes. He told the world "God told me to invade Iraq". I personally don't think that God and Bush are on a talking basis. Anyway, by making that statement Bush attributed great evil to God. This could be considered Blasphemy of the Holy Ghost.
2007-12-23 09:07:12 · answer #4 · answered by Son of David 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
People who want to impose a theocracy are dangerous. If they gain enough power, First Amendment protections of freedom of religion would be gone and we could be facing a time of religious persecution.
2007-12-23 12:43:18 · answer #5 · answered by Pascha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell yeah, scares the begeezes out of me, especially when those neo cons start on about Armageddon... They couldn't give a damn that they would take the whole world down with them... and they've got access to hundreds of nuclear bombs!
2007-12-23 09:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by zucchinisisback 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that any particularly strong religious belief is dangerous when coupled with politics. I want a leader whose primary source of guidance is reason, not spirituality.
2007-12-23 09:09:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Define Christian fundamentalism.
2007-12-23 09:10:00 · answer #8 · answered by Poor Richard 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well people CLAIM they are Christians but when they get in the White House they turn into evil beings.....ya know like GW. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
2007-12-23 09:07:42 · answer #9 · answered by flatfootfred 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes! Why has religion become an issue in American politics?
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2007-12-23 09:14:46 · answer #10 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋