At 08:00 PM 8/6/04, William T Goodall wrote:

On 7 Aug 2004, at 12:15 am, Robert Seeberger wrote:


----- Original Message ----- From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


On 6 Aug 2004, at 6:24 pm, Travis Edmunds wrote:
For a fundamentalist is a
fundamentalist is a fundamentalist! Whether they be religious or
secular...
Main Entry: fun�da�men�tal�ism
Pronunciation: -t&l-"i-z&m
Function: noun
1 a often capitalized : a movement in 20th century Protestantism
emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to
Christian life and teaching b : the beliefs of this movement c :
adherence to such beliefs
2 : a movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a
set of basic principles
- fun�da�men�tal�ist /-t&l-ist/ noun
- fundamentalist or fun�da�men�tal�is�tic /-"men-t&l-'is-tik/
adjective


You are using definition 1 while Travis is using definition 2.

I say he's using both and the fallacy is called equivocation.

" A plane is a carpenter's tool, and the Boeing 737 is a
 plane, hence the Boeing 737 is a carpenter's tool."



As is a good Christian . . .


-- Ronn! :)

"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever."
-- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovskiy


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