RE: The problem with muslims...
June 27, 2011 at 1:42 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2011 at 1:43 pm by Faith No More.)
(June 26, 2011 at 11:24 pm)Judas BentHer Wrote: To my understanding, Fundamentalism is tantamount to ultra-right wing conservative. And this would apply in both Islam and Christianity.
That is the connotation fundamentalism has now, but originally it was meant to describe people who wanted to take religion back to the fundamentals, thus the name. Fundamentalism arose in the three Abrahamic religions during the latter half of the second millennium due to the fact that science was becoming the predominant way of understanding the world instead of religion. Things like the literal interpretation of the bible arose from this. In fact, it is generally believed that before this time it was accepted by most that the bible was metaphorical. Literal interpretation didn't come about until someone decided to dissect the bible scientifically, but rather than doing that they just declared the bible to be 'pure science.'
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
