{"id":6617,"date":"2010-02-03T15:56:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2010\/02\/03\/brian-mclaren-on-fundamentalism-2\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:56:56","slug":"brian-mclaren-on-fundamentalism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/02\/03\/brian-mclaren-on-fundamentalism-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian McLaren on Fundamentalism 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Yesterday: From Brian McLaren\u2019s blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Quiz:
When I am presented with a new idea or proposal, my first question is more likely to be \u2026
___A. Is it acceptable to my religious\/ideological community or belief system?
___B. Is it possibly true, valuable, and worth exploring?<\/p>\n

If you chose A,<\/strong>\u00a0you\u2019re probably a fundamentalist, and probably shouldn\u2019t read my new book<\/a>\u00a0because it will only get you in trouble. If you do decide to read it, don\u2019t let your fundamentalist friends know. Hide the book in a brown paper bag, and only read it in private.<\/p>\n

If you chose B,<\/strong>\u00a0you\u2019re curious, and I think you\u2019ll enjoy my new book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a brief response:<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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I don\u2019t think that question\u2019s answers separate fundamentalists from the curious. The opening answer is about traditionalism, and in fact characteristic of all of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism.\n
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Furthermore, the arrangement smacks of radical individualism and denies the foundational role our communities play in our knowledge and social construction of reality. What\u2019s wrong with asking about every new idea what \u201cthe Church\u201d or my community thinks? Or if it is logically consistent with what I\u2019ve already concluded to be sound? Not only that, but the world of Jesus was much more like the first answer than the second, and that is has been brought to the fore by cultural anthropologists like Bruce Malina, who adapts the research of Mary Douglas and others.<\/div>\n
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I also wonder if this is not a false dichotomy: I know plenty of fundies who are intrinsically curious people, who wonder \u201cwhat if?\u201d and who are always chasing down their questions. I know plenty on the other side who aren\u2019t in the least curious.<\/div>\n
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Is Seth Godin a good source for defining fundamentalism?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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