Charles,
According to A.R. Vidler,
"The term 'fundamentalism' from a Bible Conference of conservative evangelicals
at Niagara in 1895. They took their stand upon 'five fundamentals': the
inerrancy of the Scriptures, the deity of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Birth, the
substitutionary theory of the Atonement, and the bodily resurrection and
imminent bodily Second Coming of the Lord."
- Alec R. Vidler. The Church in an Age of Revolution.1971.Penguin Books.
It seems that unless you hold this *cluster* of beliefs you are not a
"fundamentalist", just an orthodox Christian.
Of course, there are some people on this list who have, as Tom described it,
"adopted pagan rites into some sort of Christian significance," and insist in
describing the resurrection in those terms. ;-)
- Greg
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> Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2004 7:47 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: What is a Fundamentalist
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> To my Dear Friends on the Insights List
>
> It has been a long while since I have been brave enough to post a message to
> the list. I got rather a beating last year for standing by my beliefs in the
> bible. I was accused of being a fundamentalist because I professed the
> belief that the bible says that Jesus died and rose again, and that this was
> a real and physical event. Something my Christian friends take as an assumed
> belief for members of the Christian faith. I thought it might be helpful for
> you to see what a real fundamentalist is like to give you some perspective.
> Here is a good example
>
> http://www.adventistreview.org/2003-1530/story4.html
>
> It goes without saying that I disagree with the views of this fundamentalist
> on almost all counts, as would any Christian. I am merely a Christian who
> believes in the death and resurrection of Jesus. This person is a genuine
> fundamentalist.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Shalom
>
> Charles
>
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