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Sae, A fundie would indeed be a follower of X, but X usually ends up being there own bigotry and hatred rather than the example of Christ.

"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post

always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
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#12
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Yes precisely Sae. "Fundamentalist" and "Literalist" are terms to describe people who precisely aren't either. Funny that. We need to claim the titles back. I blame the bananas.

Oh and Hai HBAF! Hedgehog
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#13
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(May 7, 2011 at 3:46 am)tackattack Wrote: Sae, A fundie would indeed be a follower of X, but X usually ends up being there own bigotry and hatred rather than the example of Christ.

Shhh... I was trying to be nice! Tiger

And fr0d0's analysis is entirely correct. If my ten fingers were the blame, the bananas would hold at least six of them.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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(May 6, 2011 at 11:45 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: And what precisely are the teachings of jesus? I look at one of 'his' random parables, and while some people take 'the elder son needs to learn to accept the younger son' from that... all I get is that elder brothers can be jerks.

A fundamentalist would, by definition, adhere to the basis of X. That is to say... they would be the precise followers of X. If X happens to be Christ, then a fundamentalist would be a follower of precisely what Christ espouses.

People in general are intolerant, vindictive, and 'bigots'. It makes sense then, that some fundamentalists (which are people) would be intolerant, vindictive, and 'bigots'. Smile
Maybe we can kick that around someday, more than I can deal with in this thread.

Quote:Anyway, now a proper welcome from me, now that I know you're not a 'drop it and runner':

Welcome Smile
Thanks!

And if a double decker bus crashes into to us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die...there's a Light and it never goes out.
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#15
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Hello HBAF, from Oz.

You do know that jesus was a fictional character, don't you?
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If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.
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(May 7, 2011 at 5:50 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Hello HBAF, from Oz.

You do know that jesus was a fictional character, don't you?
Last I heard Jesus was considered a historical figure by a majority of historians. Doesn't necessarily seal the deal, but it's not a bad start.

I suppose you believe He was a fictional character, so who do you think first created this mythical Jewish messiah? Maybe we should kick this down somewhere other than my greetings and salutation thread.


And if a double decker bus crashes into to us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die...there's a Light and it never goes out.
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Welcome Haunted By A Freak!

(I feel a little out of place welcoming someone who joined before I did)
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#18
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You're dead dude. There's no apology necessary.
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#19
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Wellcum to atheistforums.
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(May 10, 2011 at 12:45 am)A Dead Relative Wrote: Welcome Haunted By A Freak!

(I feel a little out of place welcoming someone who joined before I did)
Thanks for the welcome! See you somewhere out there...

And if a double decker bus crashes into to us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die...there's a Light and it never goes out.
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