I've heard people comment two things lately that concern me.
One is that if we were to actually somehow discover and possess the original autographs of the Bible and it was different from the KJV, they would reject the original autographs.
The other is that if it could be scripturally proven this or that fundamentalist bit of doctrine is wrong, they would still hold to it.
Isn't that completely missing the point of what a fundamentalist is, or am I looking at it crooked?
fundamentalist run amok?
Discussion in 'Fundamental Baptist Forum' started by nodak, May 22, 2013.
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Neither one of those makes anyone a fundamentalist. It does make them idiots.
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Yes, you are talking about a few nut cases.
Now about the scientific side of things, science does not necessarily prove anything absolutely. If the Bible disagrees with science, so-called, then either the science is improperly conducted, or the Bible is misunderstood. Either is very possible, and happens frequently. -
Keep the jackets on gentlemen, no need to fight!
I made no generalizations at all. I just said I had run into some folks making those statements.
Been on the Lord's good earth a great many years and lived all over the country. Those are not ideas I ever ran across before.
So my question remains: do we or don't we have a problem of some folks misunderstanding what it means to be a fundamentalist? -
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Revmitchell, I could say I am hungry for a Hershey bar and you would think I said all women are gluttons for chocolate and hence it proves Eve is the mother of all sin.
I re read my post. I said I heard people saying it. I did. I nowhere said how many people.
If you consider fighting the mark of a true fundamentalist, I guess you can take a bow. I consider holding to the truth to be the true mark of a fundamentalist. -
Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Now if that was not your intention then just man up and admit you could have worded it better. -
A fundamentalist, theoretically, makes the fundamental doctrines of the Bible his highest priority of teaching, preaching, and living before God. Someone who is not a fundamentalist, goes out on a limb or makes something that is not truly the most important thing, more important than it is. So if people were truly doing what you said they were doing, they technically aren't fundamentalists anyway.