What is a Christian fundamentalist?
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The inspiration of the Bible by the Holy Spirit and the inerrancy of Scripture as a result of this.
The virgin birth of Christ.
The belief that Christ's death was an atonement for sin.
The bodily resurrection of Christ.
The historical reality of Christ's miracles
Are what I understand to be what are the fundamental beliefs of Christianity.
The media have taken the term as used by Islamic extremists and appli3d the extreme actions of terrorists etc to Christians.
History shows that there are no Christian terrorists.
The virgin birth of Christ.
The belief that Christ's death was an atonement for sin.
The bodily resurrection of Christ.
The historical reality of Christ's miracles
Are what I understand to be what are the fundamental beliefs of Christianity.
The media have taken the term as used by Islamic extremists and appli3d the extreme actions of terrorists etc to Christians.
History shows that there are no Christian terrorists.
Amen Who.
The powers that be seem to be pretty good at redefining terms and words to advance their cause, don't they?
There was an influx of liberalism being injected into the Christian churches at the turn of the century, that being the eighteen hundreds into the nineteen hundreds. So the dry theologians
all got together and created a fundamental set of doctrines, as you have listed, to protect against the false teachings that were encroaching. These were the fundamental set of doctrines that were considered essential doctrines. As we see today, they had good reason to be concerned.
I believe in the fundamental doctrines you have listed. I'm a Christian fundamentalist.
Dave
The powers that be seem to be pretty good at redefining terms and words to advance their cause, don't they?
There was an influx of liberalism being injected into the Christian churches at the turn of the century, that being the eighteen hundreds into the nineteen hundreds. So the dry theologians
all got together and created a fundamental set of doctrines, as you have listed, to protect against the false teachings that were encroaching. These were the fundamental set of doctrines that were considered essential doctrines. As we see today, they had good reason to be concerned. I believe in the fundamental doctrines you have listed. I'm a Christian fundamentalist.
Dave
Oh, just the opposite! Christians killing others has been massive through history, and still is.
Not history here: current web search/definition (seems very good comparatively to most known groups today) :
"Definition of Christian Fundamentalism
Based on the provided search results, a Christian fundamentalist is a person who adheres to a strict and literal interpretation of the Bible, emphasizing its authority and inerrancy. They typically believe in:- Biblical literalism: Interpreting the Bible as a scientifically and historically accurate account, without compromising or allegorizing its teachings.
- Infallibility and inerrancy: Believing the Bible to be without error or contradiction, both in its original manuscripts and in its transmission to the present day.
- Core Christian beliefs: Upholding traditional Christian doctrines, often referred to as the “Five Fundamentals” or “Fundamentals of the Faith,” which include:
- The inspiration and authority of Scripture
- The virgin birth and deity of Jesus Christ
- The substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ
- The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ
- The second coming of Jesus Christ
- Purity culture: Emphasizing moral purity, often with a focus on sexual purity, modesty, and separation from the world.
- Anti-modernism: Reacting against theological liberalism and cultural modernism, which they perceive as compromising Christian values and beliefs.
- Believe in a young earth creationism and reject evolutionary theory
- Oppose certain cultural practices, such as Halloween, Christmas trees, and mixed-gender worship
- Advocate for a strict moral code, including abstinence from premarital sex and same-sex relationships
- Tend to be conservative in their political views and may align with right-wing ideologies
- Legalism and Pharisaism (exalting human rules over God’s grace)
- Exclusion and isolation from others who do not share their beliefs
- A narrow and intolerant view of Christianity, rejecting diversity and complexity within the faith
there is a big difference between a political war that Christians support and terrorism.
I dunno 
A lot of times the power elites just use religion to justify their wars and acts of terror etc….
That have more to do with power and resources than religion or ideology.
A lot of times the power elites just use religion to justify their wars and acts of terror etc….
That have more to do with power and resources than religion or ideology.
Christianity has done its fair share of evils, and killing even one in the name of Christ is too many, but to say "massive through history, and still is," seems to me to be a significant overstatement. Can you provide examples of this in relatively recent history and currently?
This is how "Christian fundamentalism" was historically defined, although it should include as one of the points, "Advocate for a strict moral code, including abstinence from premarital sex and same-sex relationships."
This is the current meaning, along with the historical definition, and why I wouldn't ever call myself a fundamentalist. It generally means someone who is narrow-minded to an ungodly extreme; almost cult-like.
I once was shown, but have not been able to find it since (I didn't look very hard), that in our founding documents as a Christian nation, we identified our nation as one who will always be willing help those who want to be free from fascist dictators or communist rule. If you look at our history of war as a nation, Vietnam, Korea, even the two world wars, this seems to have always been the case. People will demonize the U.S. because that's what they do. Islamic terrorist are freedom fighters, and the U.S. is terrorists.
We started this country fleeing the persecution of the Catholic church by way of kings, Queens, Popes etc. It always amazes me that the puritans are always bunched together with Columbus. The puritans came to America to escape what Columbus stood for.
We started this country fleeing the persecution of the Catholic church by way of kings, Queens, Popes etc. It always amazes me that the puritans are always bunched together with Columbus. The puritans came to America to escape what Columbus stood for.
I had a book called "The Fundamentals" that I kind of glanced through. Don't have it anymore. Around the early 1900's some started worrying about liberalism and higher criticism. Denominations were sending out missionaries that didn't believe in the Virgin Birth and some other fundamental truths.
They defended classical Protestant doctrines and attacked the Roman Catholic Church ("Romanism"), higher criticism, liberal theology, socialism, modernism, atheism, Christian Science, Mormonism, Millennial Dawn (whose members were sometimes known as Russellites, but which later split into another group, adopting the name Jehovah's Witnesses), spiritualism, and what it called evolutionism.
Here is a article that deals with this mostly from the Presbyterian view, and how some left the liberal Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) and even Princeton Seminary and founded the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and Westminster Theological Seminary.
tabletalkmagazine.com
They defended classical Protestant doctrines and attacked the Roman Catholic Church ("Romanism"), higher criticism, liberal theology, socialism, modernism, atheism, Christian Science, Mormonism, Millennial Dawn (whose members were sometimes known as Russellites, but which later split into another group, adopting the name Jehovah's Witnesses), spiritualism, and what it called evolutionism.
Here is a article that deals with this mostly from the Presbyterian view, and how some left the liberal Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) and even Princeton Seminary and founded the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and Westminster Theological Seminary.
The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy | Tabletalk
An allergy to theological precision has left many of the heirs of both liberalism and fundamentalism barren of theological boundaries. They may differ on what “unites”—whether evangelism or social action—but there is agreement that “doctrine divides.”
tabletalkmagazine.com
God commands us to obey the human governments that rule over us. If the Law of the land clashes with God's Word, then we obey God and submit to the authorities when they come for us.
Isolation is also not biblical. As Paul said, separate, but not isolated. That's a good thing. Unity cannot come at the expense of the truth.
"A narrow and intolerant view of Christianity, rejecting diversity and complexity within the faith" See below.
Dave
Seems to be some difference, but socalled christians have often hired terror... and so on....
And actually a poitic war is bad as much as politic terror, and just as or more deadlywithout just cause.
I don't know. Do you want the root, or the leaves? The substance, or what's for show ?
That would depend on your definition of a Christian.
My version, does not kill anyone.