An adherent of a religion (especially Protestant Christianity but can also be Catholicism, Mormonism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism or other faith), characterized by a rigid orthodoxy, a belief in absolute inerrancy and infallibility of a religion's scripture, founder, or primitive organization, a reactionary stance in social and political matters as well as religious, and usually rejection of modern scholarship and scientific question of relgious myth and doctrine: also fundamentalism.
Fundamentalists dominate newer, smaller and more radical Christian denominations, especially Pentecostal and independent Baptist, but have had limited success in mainline Protestant bodies, except for the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Carries a negative connontation, because of the association with extremist views.
Carries a negative connontation, because of the association with extremist views.
"When it comes to hating religion and the way it separates the people of our world I don't discriminate--I hate fundies just as much."
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1) Abbreviation of "fundamentalist";
2) Often a sola scriptura non-denominational born-again Christian;
3) Self-proclaimed "Jesus Freak" who spouts half-understood scripture at the drop of a hat;
4) General term for any teenage/preteen "pop" Christian who shows an extraordinary lack of tolerance/understanding for other religions (including any other denomination of Christianity);
2) Often a sola scriptura non-denominational born-again Christian;
3) Self-proclaimed "Jesus Freak" who spouts half-understood scripture at the drop of a hat;
4) General term for any teenage/preteen "pop" Christian who shows an extraordinary lack of tolerance/understanding for other religions (including any other denomination of Christianity);
there is a hell and anyone who doesnt accept Jesus as there personal savor is going there!!!!11! i'll pray 4 u!!!1!!!
Fundie idjit.
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Americas founding fathers feared that a political fundamentalist would someday come along who would use religion as a means to undermine democracy in an attempt to establish a theocracy in America.Prudently they established the doctrine that seperation of church and state must be upheld to preserve democracy.
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Derived from a contraction of the wordsFundamentalist and Muggle (definition 1)
Derived from a contraction of the wordsFundamentalist and Muggle (definition 1)
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