RE:Roots Of Fundamentalism Traced To 16th Century Bible Translations
(Date Posted:01/22/2008 08:01:53)
I don't know...I always thought, where you have religion ..you have 'fundamentalism'. (you can argue about it till the cows come home...bullshit like ...'was jaysus a fundie' or the old vs the new testiment.
I don't think 'fundamentalism' is a product of the modern era ..............but of christianity itself.
but..I guess it depends on what you mean by 'fundamentalism'?
If you like the idea of the definition being something about 'back to the beginning'...etc then the two go hand in hand.
I bet the early christians were arguing among themselves about all this same shit.
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The Catholics are good at it too...
an easier way to explain what I'm getting at would be to say....the link basically is focused on christianity. The discussion ignores how other religious sects demonstrate its 'fundamentalistic' traits - and I'm bloody well sure it can't be pin pointed by some date - whether its the early 19C or the 16th.
(Message edited by snakechic On 01/22/2008 19:01:52)
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In exchange for obedience, Christianity promises salvation in an afterlife; but in order to elicit obedience through this promise, Christianity must convince people that they need salvation, that there is something to be saved from. Christianity has nothing to offer a happy person living in a natural, intelligible universe. If Christianity is to gain a motivational foothold, it must declare war on earthly pleasure and happiness, and this, historically, has been its precise course of action. In the eyes of Christianity, woman(man) is sinful and helpless in the face of God, and is potential fuel for the flames of hell. Just as Christianity must destroy reason before it can introduce faith, so it must destroy happiness before it can introduce salvation.
-- George H Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
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