RE: Quick YEC Debunks
March 13, 2018 at 12:29 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2018 at 12:30 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(March 13, 2018 at 11:50 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: fun·da·men·tal·ism
/ˌfəndəˈmen(t)lˌizəm/
noun
noun: fundamentalism
a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
•strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject or discipline.
I assume that RR is referring to the second meaning when it comes to atheists and the first meaning when it comes to religious fundamentalists, which is a classic equivocation on the face of it. I do wonder what the basic principles of atheism are, though. Don't believe in any deities and...what?
Thanks for posting the definition, Mister. You've helped me in a debate elsewhere on the internet by doing so. In fairness, RR probably meant "ardent anti-theists" when he said "fundy atheists." Definitely a poor word choice, unless he was deliberately trying to get a rise out of us. As you point out, none of us adhere to a doctrine, so (passionate and resolute as we may be) the word "fundamentalist" misses the mark. But in all likelihood he was referring to passionate, opinionated anti-theists as I said before. I mean, you gotta allow room for idiomatic terminology and figures of speech.
EDIT: ninja'd