Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: I'm kind of appauled at the high percentage of people that believe that the bible is the literal word of God or whatever. Not because I'm anti-religious but because I find it inconcievable that people could believe, with all the evidence to the contrary, that the world

Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Dan Minette
I'm going to be doing some analysis using numbers, but I want to be sure that there isn't an arguement on what a Christian fundamentalist is. I'd say that a Christian fundamentalist is one who, when asked: Which of these statements comes closest to describing your feelings about the Bible? The

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread iaamoac
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to be doing some analysis using numbers, but I want to be sure that there isn't an arguement on what a Christian fundamentalist is. I'd say that a Christian fundamentalist is one who, when asked: Which of these

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Trent Shipley
On Monday 2004-02-16 15:05, iaamoac wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to be doing some analysis using numbers, but I want to be sure that there isn't an arguement on what a Christian fundamentalist is. I'd say that a Christian

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: iaamoac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 4:05 PM Subject: Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to be doing some

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Damon Agretto
Most Catholics would choose the first statement. Why not the second? How can you not be a literalist and pick one over two? Perhaps he's saying that many Catholics are not self-aware enough of their religion, and therefore take a literalist stance without actually bothering to know what

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Trent Shipley
On Monday 2004-02-16 18:10, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: iaamoac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 4:05 PM Subject: Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan Minette [EMAIL

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Trent Shipley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist ? How can you not be a literalist and pick one over two? Dan M. One could pick one

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Trent Shipley
On Monday 2004-02-16 18:46, Dan Minette wrote: OK, let me quote some numbers: . I'm going to ask about a few stories in the Bible. [See below.] Do you think that's literally true, meaning it happened that way word-for-word; or do you think it's meant as a lesson, but not to be taken

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Nick Arnett
Dan Minette wrote: I'm going to be doing some analysis using numbers, but I want to be sure that there isn't an arguement on what a Christian fundamentalist is. I'd say that a Christian fundamentalist is one who, when asked: Which of these statements comes closest to describing your feelings

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Dan Minette
Interesting. Do you have any background on what appear to be survey results? The discrepancy is between 42% agreeing that the Bible is the actual Word of God and responses of 60% to 64% of respondents beliving that any *specific* Genesis narrative is literally true. The face validity,

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:46 PM 2/16/04, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Trent Shipley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist ? How can you not be a literalist and pick one over

Re: Definition of a Christian Fundamentalist

2004-02-16 Thread Doug Pensinger
Sheesh, you people must not have enough to do. Wish I had had the day off today. 8^) I wanted to thank Gautam and John for their replies and assure them that I will answer them as soon as I find the time and energy - I worked a long day today. And I wanted to thank Byron for stirring things