The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #80275   Message #1462418
Posted By: John Hardly
15-Apr-05 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: religious fundamentalists and women
Subject: RE: BS: religious fundamentalists and women
What, relative to this discussion, is a meaningful distinction between "religious" and "fundamentalist"?

What religious people do not believe in their "fundamentals"?

...and if they don't believe in the "fundamentals" of their faith, by what logic do they count themslves actually of that faith?

I'm certainly no whiz-bang in the mental acuity department, but I don't think that my ability to reason (and question) is limited to not dozing on railroad tracks. Yet I believe in the fundamentals of my faith.

In fact, the fundamentals of my faith require testing all things.

I guess that the religious are bound to be judged on the basis of how well they adhere to what they believe. That's only fair. It's also a pretty cool reason to not believe in anything! *BG* No guts no glory -- no rules no shame.