Fundamentalist Christianity
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In view of all these reference about who and who is a Fundamentalist Christian, I feel we need to have a look at what Fundamentalist Christianity is about.
Personal Notes:
Fundamentalist Christianity
Fundamentalist Christianity, or Christian fundamentalism is a movement which arose mainly within American Protestantism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by conservative evangelical Christians, who, in a reaction to modernism, actively affirmed a "fundamental" set of Christian beliefs: the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth of Christ, the doctrine of substitutionary atonement, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and the authenticity of his miracles.
The nature of the Christian fundamentalist movement, while originally a united effort within conservative evangelicalism, evolved during the early-to-mid 1900s to become more separatist in nature and more characteristically dispensational in its theology. Most fundamentalists have strongly opposed the Roman Catholic Church for theological reasons; in recent years there has been limited political cooperation between individuals in each group on certain social issues, such as abortion and the legitimacy of homosexuality.
The secular world's current perception of the term "fundamentalism" is colored by shifts in meaning on two similar fronts since the 1980s. First, the term was used in a negative sense for all Christian groups so deemed by liberal Lutheran theologian Martin E. Marty in his five-volume Fundamentalism Project[1](although recent social science research has raised questions about his assessment[2]), and (2) during the holding of a number of Americans hostage in Lebanon, some members of the press began referring to the Islamic Hezbollah captors as "Islamic fundamentalists", and consequently the term has increasingly come to have pejorative connotations of extremism and even terrorism.
It appears to me, this term had been in many times misused, and as I am convinced, fundamentalist christians are really those who adhere to the fundamental belief & practices of christianity and is very different from extremist. Its really about being back to the basic fundamentals. -
words get hijacked and take on different meanings...gay used to mean 'happy', then 'homosexuals' and now it means 'lame' or 'rubbish'
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Are u a fundie unker vince?Originally posted by vince69:In view of all these reference about who and who is a Fundamentalist Christian, I feel we need to have a look at what Fundamentalist Christianity is about.
Personal Notes:
It appears to me, this term had been in many times misused, and as I am convinced, fundamentalist christians are really those who adhere to the fundamental belief & practices of christianity and is very different from extremist. Its really about being back to the basic fundamentals. -
fundamentalism was a response to liberalism or modernism.
fundamentalist stick to the essentials or fundamental teaching of the Bible.
1) salvation by grace through faith alone
2) doctrine of substitution
3) infalibility and inerrancy of the Bible
4) doctrine of the deity of Christ
5) doctrine of the literal Second Coming of Christ
6) doctrine of the literal and physical resurrection of Christ.
actually, there is nothing bad about fundametal beliefs. as you can see it's biblical. fundamentalist now are called evangelicals. [i'm evangelical]
it's the attitude of some that got overboard -
How fundamental do fundies aim to be?
Back to what early christians' way of preaching? -
The doctrine of any sound Church should be pattrened after the 1st century Church.Originally posted by Honeybunz:How fundamental do fundies aim to be?
Back to what early christians' way of preaching?
But how? they are long dead 2000 years ago?
We have there writings in the Bible. -
oh sorry there is no word "pattrend" in english...i looked at my dictionary.......i will not edit it anymore else somebody might react
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sorry it should be "patterned"
sorry. -
Originally posted by vince69:
amen brother vince !!!!!!!!
In view of all these reference about who and who is a Fundamentalist Christian, I feel we need to have a look at what Fundamentalist Christianity is about.
Personal Notes:
It appears to me, this term had been in many times misused, and as I am convinced, [b]fundamentalist christians are really those who adhere to the fundamental belief & practices of christianity and is very different from extremist. Its really about being back to the basic fundamentals.[/b] -
refer to my post, the basic fundamentals of our christians' belief (requoted below), looks familiar? (compare this to the Apostles' creed) Its really about the basic foundation of our faith.Originally posted by Honeybunz:How fundamental do fundies aim to be?
Back to what early christians' way of preaching?actively affirmed a "fundamental" set of Christian beliefs: the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth of Christ, the doctrine of substitutionary atonement, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and the authenticity of his miracles.
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Ok, next time we call them extremists ok?
Easier -
Ah Lau,Originally posted by laurence82:Ok, next time we call them extremists ok?
Easier
calm down, I only want to put an understanding on this "fundamentlist" term since it had been used so commonly recently.
peace -
Originally posted by vince69:Ah Lau,
calm down, I only want to put an understanding on this "fundamentlist" term since it had been used so commonly recently.
peace 
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yipee... managed to get Ah Lau blurred out, later can go give myself a reward.Originally posted by laurence82: 
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Bible got alot of versionsOriginally posted by Ironside:The doctrine of any sound Church should be pattrened after the 1st century Church.
But how? they are long dead 2000 years ago?
We have there writings in the Bible.
I advocate learning aramaic and reading the dead sea scrolls
Then you could go on to learning greek and latin to understand the 1st century church
That way no one can say you are wrong except when you make a booboo in translation -
Not fundamentalist enuff lehOriginally posted by Honeybunz: -
is that from a series or something?Originally posted by Honeybunz: -
Dunno... found it from YoutubeOriginally posted by SingaporeMacross:is that from a series or something? -
Our translations are very reliable my friend. Very reliable. most of the differences are sooo minor.Originally posted by fymk:Bible got alot of versions
I advocate learning aramaic and reading the dead sea scrolls
Then you could go on to learning greek and latin to understand the 1st century church
That way no one can say you are wrong except when you make a booboo in translation
We don't need to read the dead Sea Scrolls, we have the Masoretic text for the Old Testament. When compared to the dead sea Scrolls [dead sea Scrolls do not have all the old testament books in it], the accuracy of the Masoretic text was established.
As for the New Testament we have thousands of copies extant.
Practically, we have the complete Bible in our hands. God has preserved His Word throughout the centuries.
Actually, the realibility of our translations is not an issue.
REad some works on Textual Criticism of the Bible. -
I recommend you get the Interliner Bible, got the Hebrew(OT)/Greek(NT) complete with the word for word translations plus the authorized King James Version on the side.Originally posted by fymk:Bible got alot of versions
I advocate learning aramaic and reading the dead sea scrolls
Then you could go on to learning greek and latin to understand the 1st century church
That way no one can say you are wrong except when you make a booboo in translation
Oh, forget to add, you can also get the Strong's Concordence to go with it. -
I dun like to get into long discussions online so i will just say, nothing wrong with fundamentalists except for the fact that it is unfortunate that MOST fundamentalists lack the ability and does not see the need to be relevant for certain issues to the times they are living in.
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Dead Sea Scrolls have ALL the OT books except Esther.Originally posted by Ironside:Our translations are very reliable my friend. Very reliable. most of the differences are sooo minor.
We don't need to read the dead Sea Scrolls, we have the Masoretic text for the Old Testament. When compared to the dead sea Scrolls [dead sea Scrolls do not have all the old testament books in it], the accuracy of the Masoretic text was established.
As for the New Testament we have thousands of copies extant.
Practically, we have the complete Bible in our hands. God has preserved His Word throughout the centuries.
Actually, the realibility of our translations is not an issue.
REad some works on Textual Criticism of the Bible.
The Dead Sea Scroll actually established the accuracy of the Septuagint, not the Masoretic Text. It must be noted the Septuagint itself is a translation. -
Contextual application?Originally posted by gasband:I dun like to get into long discussions online so i will just say, nothing wrong with fundamentalists except for the fact that it is unfortunate that MOST fundamentalists lack the ability and does not see the need to be relevant for certain issues to the times they are living in. -
People expert in semitic languages and koine greek .. still need Strong's Concordences?Originally posted by vince69:I recommend you get the Interliner Bible, got the Hebrew(OT)/Greek(NT) complete with the word for word translations plus the authorized King James Version on the side.
Oh, forget to add, you can also get the Strong's Concordence to go with it. -
FOR EXAMPLE: 8 out of 10 people I meet who objects to using rock music - heavier stuff (in the vein of Zao) for evangelism or even worship are fundamentalists.Originally posted by laurence82:Contextual application?