Most of them are dug in on abortion issues and same-sex marriages. Those are the stakes that hold the line in the sand. If any persons are not in line with their thinking on those two issues, then it doesn’t matter what else they stand for, how intelligent they are, how strong their abilities to lead are and on and on. They too watch Fox News as “the only broadcast news with the truth.” Fundamentalists and even some some Christians who are not traditional fundamentalists, are willing to accept and repeat as truth most anything that want to use in discrediting the opposition.

I highly disagree with the post that stated that the United States was the only country with religious fundamentalist problems. If that is accepted by the poster, then how does one explain the ruthless brutality in the name of Allah in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, parts of Indonesia and several other countries to some degree.

The last election and the months since that election, have given rise to ridiculous behavior on the part of conservatives of a radical nature, whether they are Christian or not. They are polarizing like the formation of a black hole. This is a dangerous time and all would be well advised to take the radical conservatives very seriously, and not limit the extreme to fundamental Christians.

But, I could be wrong!!

what adjectives would you use? whats wrong with “crazy”? It’s a perfectly valid use of the word. I’m no shrink, but i doubt “crazy” is in any of the pysch texts.

what other adjectives are off limits? should we stop describing things as “ancient” or “old” because octegenarians may be offended?

that’s just C-R-A-Z-Y

I guess something clicked, maybe my prefrontal cortex developed, because now I’m a full-blown skeptic, a fiscally Centrist, culturally Liberal, Agnostic Atheist and proud of it.

I think if he had said “I am an atheist” in that interview— all the Christians would be like “Ah shit, I knew it” but because he said he is a Christian (and I’d say on Dawkin’s scale a 3) he had some sort of clout still.

Cathy and DSimon… “crazy” can be insulting indeed but I don’t think most people say “crazy” to mean “mentally ill” anymore.

Even so… some would contend that “Crazy for God” in the context of fundamentalism would equate to a mental illness.

Interesting link below for a recently published document.

http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/andrew-newberg/how-god-changes-your-brain/_/R-400000000000000134594

“Fundamentalism, in and of itself, is benign and can be personally beneficial, but the anger and prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain.
- Intense prayer and meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain-altering your values and the way you perceive reality.”

I loved 99% of what I heard in this video, but this one point has always buggged me about religion, and Christianity specifically. Besides having no 2 religions that agree on any whole universal truth, you won’t find any 2 DENOMINATIONS within the SAME religion agreeing on it. You could lock 2 Christians from the same church in a room, and eventually they will be fighting over whose interpretation is right.

Schaeffer has the right idea about crazy religious believers, of course, but if he’s going to call himself a Christian, then he’s still in the same club as they are. He just thinks he’s sitting at the cool kid’s table.