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A case study of the Fundamentalist Moderate

Started by Dawkinite, January 05, 2007, 01:43:26 AM

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Quote from: "Urban Dictionary"Fundamentalist:    
   
A person who takes their religion so literally and to such extremes that they contradict the very basis of their faith. They typically believe in a literal, verbatim interpretation of their scripture. They also have ridiculous, childish defenses to intelligent criticism of their beliefs that border on insanity. The level of hypocrisy and stupidity most of these people exhibit is truly profound.

Quote from: "Wikipedia"Moderate:

In religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between two extreme or radical viewpoints.

A fundamentalist moderate is someone who holds moderate religious beliefs, but tries to defend them by being an unreasonable bigot, much like fundamentalists.

Examples of Fundamentalist Moderatism:

Quote from: "Specimen 1"I don't believe in the idea of God" is a refrain as old as Adam, and has been refuted countless times by God's own revelation.

http://forums.ucc.org/viewtopic.php?p=46540#46540 (Seventh Post Down)

Quote from: "Specimen 2"I keep going back to this hoping to get SOME response. :P

http://forums.ucc.org/viewtopic.php?p=46520#46520 (Sixth Post Down)