Is fundamentalism dividing christians?

[joshua259]

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just want tp share sad rules about fundamentalists...

boy forbid by fundamentalist school to attend at girlfriends party...

[Hellblazer 2.1]

how do you gauge fundamentalism?

i mean how can you differentiate a passionate christian and a fundamentalist?

by the wear-and-tear of the bible they're using.

[sizz-lorr]

just want tp share sad rules about fundamentalists...

boy forbid by fundamentalist school to attend at girlfriends party...

reminds me of this OLD news. click
so it turns out to be kulang ang ilang PRAYERS. geeeeez.

[handsoff241]

why is Panda-mentalism diving us?

because they eat shoots and leaves.

[bluedes]

reminds me of this OLD news. click
so it turns out to be kulang ang ilang PRAYERS. geeeeez.

haha.. hilarious.. i pity the kid.. tough luck being born in such a conservative environment..
prehas ra ni sa mga tigulang nato sauna.. don't they realize that the times have changed..
but oh well, like it says in the news article: "Ngano ni-enter.."

[brownprose]

Fundamentalists believe that since God is perfect the Bible cannot be mistaken in any way even to the smallest of details. This is what they call "Biblical inerrancy." It is an absolute and uncompromising stand that makes a bigot out of many of them.

Biblical Inerrancy, to fundamentalists, presumes that the Bible in its present form is perfect and without errors (even copyist errors). It also assumes that the authors could never be mistaken of their facts when they wrote them -- that's where the trouble usually starts.

The Bible does contain errors. Aside copyist errors, there is also what Bible scholars call writer/author's error or discrepancies. These errors do not, however, necessarily discredit the authenticity of the scripture in its present form.

Factual Errors:

The authors of Ezra 2:3 and Neh. 7:8 enumerate the tribes that came back from captivity in Babylon. They disagree as to the numbers involved in some clans and tribes:

Ezra vs. Nehemiah
Arah: 775 -- 652
Pahath Moab: 2812 -- 2818
Zattu: 945 -- 845
Bebai: 623 -- 628
Azgad: 1222 -- 2322
Adonikam: 666 -- 667
Bigvai: 2056 -- 2067
Adin: 454 -- 655

In the New Testament, John 12:21 says "The same came therefore to Phillip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired of him..." In Geographic History Bethsaida was in the province of Gaulontinis, not the province of Galilee. This is apparently an author's honest oversight (since he is not an historian) as the NT was written a century later.

[James307]

depende kung tama o mali ang doktrina.

nagkakaroon lang ng division kung ang isang iglesia ay di na sumusunod sa aral na tinuturo ng Bibliya

[James307]

Question: "What is Fundamentalism?"

Answer: The word fundamentalism is somewhat hard to define, and there are many definitions on the Internet with little in common with one another. The word is used both as an adjective (e.g., fundamental Islamist) and as a noun (e.g., the Fundamentalist movement). The adjective is used to describe any religious impulse that adheres to its basic tenets, often in a authoritarian way without making a distinction between church and state. In modern times this adjective is often used in a derogatory sense. This article will deal with the Fundamentalist movement found in Christian Protestantism during the 20th century.

The Fundamentalist movement had its roots at Princeton Theological Seminary by graduates from that institution. The word was first used in association with religion when two wealthy church laymen commissioned ninety-seven conservative church leaders from all over the western world to write 12 volumes on the basic tenets of the Christian faith. They then published these writings and distributed over 300,000 copies free of charge to ministers and others involved in church leadership. The books were entitled The Fundamentals, and they are still in print today in a two-volume set.

Fundamentalism was formalized in the late 19th century and early 20th century by conservative Christians—John Nelson Darby, Dwight L. Moody, B. B. Warfield, Billy Sunday, and others—who were concerned that moral values throughout the world were being eroded by Modernism—a trend of thought that affirms the power of human beings (rather than God) to create, improve, and reshape their environment with the aid of scientific knowledge, technology and practical experimentation. Modernism was not only infesting the culture at large, but was gaining ground in government and religion. In addition, religion was being affected by the German higher criticism movement.

Fundamentalism is considered to be built around the five tenets of the Christian faith, although there is much more to the movement then those tenets. The five tenets are:

1) The insistence that the Bible is to be taken as literally true. Along with this is the belief that the Bible is inerrant, i.e., without error and free from all contradictions.

2) The virgin birth and deity of Christ—the belief that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Spirit and that He was and is the Son of God, fully human and fully divine.

3) The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through God’s grace and human faith—the belief that Christ was crucified for all the sins of man, and because of His perfect sacrifice, all men can find salvation through faith in Him.

4) The bodily resurrection of Jesus—the belief that He was crucified and died and on the third day, He rose from the grave and now sits at the right hand of the Father.

5) The authenticity of the miracles of Christ as found in Scripture and His pre-millennial second coming.

Other things believed by fundamentalists are that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible, the church will be raptured prior to the tribulation of the end times, and other doctrines such as dispensationalism.

The Fundamentalist movement has had many characteristics over the years, and to deny that some were negative would be understating the truth. Often, there was a strong militancy for truth, and this led to much infighting with many leaving their churches to form new denominations. One of the defining characteristics of fundamentalism has been that adherents often see themselves as the guardians of the truth, usually to the exclusion of others’ biblical interpretation. But on a positive note one has to consider that at that time the world was embracing liberalism, modernism, Darwinism, and liberal biblical interpretation. These movements were having a destructive influence on our culture, and many in the church were concerned about the loss of influence of biblical teaching, and rightly so.

The movement took a severe credibility hit in 1925 by liberal press coverage of the legendary Scopes trial. Although fundamentalists won the trial, they lost in the court of public opinion. After that time the movement began to splinter and morph into other points of focus. The most prominent and vocal group in the USA has been the Christian Right. This group of self-described fundamentalists has been more involved in political movements than most other religious groups. By the 1990s, groups such as the Christian Coalition and Family Research Council have had a great amount of influence in politics and cultural issues, mostly through the Republican party. Their emphasis has been to control the White House and to have appointed conservative constitutional judges to the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit courts. Today, the movement has a strong following in church circles through the different evangelical denominations such the Southern Baptist Convention. Together these groups claim to have more than 30 million followers.

Like all movements, Fundamentalism has enjoyed many successes and many failures. The greatest failure has come from allowing the liberal press to define what it means to be a fundamentalist. They have not only defined the term but have been able to identify fundamentalists as radical, snake-handling kooks that want to form a Christian government and force their beliefs on the population at large. This is not only far from the truth but is a total misconception about the intentions of fundamentalists. The charge to fundamentalists everywhere has always been to be guardians of the truth of Scripture and defenders of the Christian faith. In that regard they have attempted to provide a great service for humanity. The church is struggling in the postmodern, secular culture and needs people that are not ashamed to proclaim the gospel of Christ as it was intended by adherence to a conservative doctrine of fundamental principles. These principles are the bedrock upon which Christianity stands, and, as Jesus taught, the house built upon the Rock will weather any storm (Matthew 7:24-25).

http://www.gotquestions.org/fundamentalism.html

[handsoff241]

@james tol cant you do things on your own? doh shee'

[munzter666]

Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."


3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.