How is a Christian Fundamentalist different from a regular Christian?
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Fundamentalist is a label that applies to a specific group of people.  The general rule is that they believe in a literal six day creation.  But I have asked about this here on yahoo answers and got some interesting results.\n\nThe guy in the kayak maybe youve seen him, he was talking about passages from genesis where God made the Earth before the start of the "six days". Meaning its not a literal six days.  The other thing about the 24 hour thing is that this was an Egyptian design, so . .\n\nI had some problems with the geocentric solar system with the heliocentric solar system.\n\nA fundamentalist would say its in the Bible the Earth is the center of the universe.  But someone on here, her name is contemplative something, said no that you can't read those bible passages that talk about the Earth is in the center as meaning physical center, but that they mean that the Earth is in the center of God's universe. God pays attention to Earth.\n\nSo, when we use the label fundamentalist,  we use this I think innappriately sometimes.  We sometimes jump the gun.  The two people I just mentioned seem to be able to discuss with me through answers the Bible and what it really means,  and not the standard Bible thumping thing.\n\nI think fundamentalism is more a behavior of "if its in the book it must be true," where as I think some of us are really trying to understand.\n\nSo, yeah fundamentalists are sometimes crazy,  but these people are just not all with it.  Cause the true beilevers, the true Christians, just aren't fundamentalists at all.  But indeed some of the Bible is open to inerpretation,  but I have to believe that mostly there is one or two interpretations that I am supposed to get out of it.  I can't do it alone.\n\nI'm trying to see the face of God. I might do this my whole life.
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"Traditional" christians are usually quieter in expressing their faith....they are less outspoken, and just live their lives according to their beliefs. They do not tend to "share" their faith. This does not mean they are less devoted than "evangelical" christians who are more expressive, and who do believe in sharing the faith with others. Both can be equally devout, and believe in the same doctrines, but just express in different ways. Cults are typically complete deviations from accepted doctrines.
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We are all sinners...the difference is Christians' sins are forgiven through grace that comes through faith.
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My family is liberal Christian (close to Methodist) and my mother calls evangelicals "a bunch of Jesus freak whack jobs". My family minister is very leery of fundamentalists and their teachings. Actually, once a friend or mine went to perform a concert at an evangelical church and her mom grilled her about what the people there said to her. On the whole, not good. They make normal Christians look bad just like radical Islamists make Islam look bad.
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oh, of course, no ALLEGORIES in the Bible...so you are a FUNDAMENTALIST....wow, thousands of years and millions of misguided people at last corrected by you...do you believe in anything other than your own, uh, BULLSHIT?
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Christians can only defend their religion with what Jesus taught.The basic belief of every Christian is that they believe in God and His son Jesus and the Holy Spirit.What they rely on interpretations is substantiate the substitute beliefs .For eg.the benefits of intercession.But as for me,the belief in Jesus is the primary belief.
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Christian fundamentalism. Americans are a lot more uptight about such things than most of the rest of the world. Our (American's) adherance to religious doctrine served us well through the developmental stages of our country, but I feel that we're getting to the time where we should probably start thinking for ourselves a bit more.
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I would be more worried about a Fundamentalist president than an Atheist one.  Most Atheists operate on logic and reason.  Fundamentalists are f*cking crazy.
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I think you'll find most Christians believe in both.\n\nIt's just the fundamentalist nutters who think you have to choose between them.\n\nAnd I bet you start a flood of drivel from them, mate - be prepared!
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The term "legalism" means a concentration on "the law."  In fundamentalist christianity it would mean a lot of attention paid to what a person looks like (are their skirts too short?  does the man have a "christian looking" haircut).  Also, do they listen to rock music?  Go to the wrong kinds of movies?\n\nIt's like...putting people under "the old testement law."
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I have to disagree with everyone else.  I believe you can.  \n\nBy definition, a Christian is someone that believes that Jesus was the son of God and that only through him can you find salvation.  \n\nThe bible is secondary.  That majority of Christians find their faith through the bible, but you can be a Christian (by definition) and not believe in the bible.\n\nSo, if you are someone who is Christian by definition (see above) but do not believe in the bible... you could hold whatever belief you find to be the most true in your own heart.
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It's the strict interpretation of a certain religion.  If someone is a religious fundamentalist then they take their religion literally and do not allow for interpretation.
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Christian is someone who has faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind
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True Christians are not. one of the very foundations of Christianity is that the material, physical world is but fleeting; a true Christians reward is to be found in heaven.\n  Hope that helps!
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Christians have always labeled people with different ideas and beliefs as pagan, savages, etc. etc.\n\nMany Christians have an honest desire to help people, but most just can't accept that they might be wrong. They think people who don't go along with the Christian movement deserve to burn in hell.
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I think there is plenty of hate for both groups, and they stand on basically the same level. The reason we see more animosity directed towards the fundamentalist muslims is simply because there are more of them and they're a bigger problem. In comparison, the KKK is small potatoes. Not that what either group does is acceptable.\n\nAdditionally, mainstream Christianity publicly denounces the actions of the KKK. Perhaps it has more to do with a lack of freedom of speech in these middle eastern countries, but we don't see this from mainstream Islam.
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If I remember correctly, the Methodists got their name from the way they studied the Bible, that is, they had a particular "method" setup by the brilliant teacher John Wesley.\n\nThere is no fundamental difference between Methodists and Christians. Methodists are a congregation of Christians. The ones I know, I love dearly.