sam harris
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blueOne: I question whether those people are truly regerate Christians. Since they are acting in a thoroughly un-Christlike manner. The Bible speaks clearly about those who profess the name of Christ, but who do not have a saving relationship with him. (Matthew Ch. 7)
Fundamentalism, essentially means to get back to the core truths or fundamentals of something. Depending on those core fundamentals, fundamentalism can be a very good or very bad thing.
flagellum
(Oct 5 06, 10:26)
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I agree with you totally, and wouldn't call them christians either in my understanding. Unfortunately, those who do hold such beliefs do at the moment carry a lot of political weight, and thus become one powerful "face" for christianity in modern america. Sadly so.I've read you enough over the months to know that while you're a literalist in regards to the whole genesis creation stuff, which I disagree with, you're ethical view based on Christ's teachings are pretty solid. You don't really come across as a fundamentalist - it;'s those types of christians that really get under my skin, and probably under the skin of most of those who tend to argue with you in these threads.
Since I consider all the science/scripture stuff as a sideline to the actual value of jesus' teaching I could really care less about arguing about it except as a intellectual excercise.