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purplecthulhu at 12:36pm on 09/11/2004
purplecthulhu at 12:36pm on 09/11/2004Wonderful piece here by John M Ford about the nature of 'fundamentalist' christianity, and why 'fundamentalist' is not the right word for them.
http://shrillblog.blogspot.com/2004/11/yes-we-have-new-grand-heresiarch.html
But he doesn't suggest an alternative terminology...
Might I humbly suggest that we use the term extremist in future? It gives lie to the implication that their creed, and indeed that of fundamentalist islam, is harking back to some core set of values that the religion has lost over time, and indicates clearly that these people are not on the mainstream but are in fact out-to-lunch wackos who deserve no respect.
I will do my best to use the term extremist in place of fundamentalist in future, unless someone can come up with any better suggestions.
http://shrillblog.blogspot.com/2004/11/yes-we-have-new-grand-heresiarch.html
But he doesn't suggest an alternative terminology...
Might I humbly suggest that we use the term extremist in future? It gives lie to the implication that their creed, and indeed that of fundamentalist islam, is harking back to some core set of values that the religion has lost over time, and indicates clearly that these people are not on the mainstream but are in fact out-to-lunch wackos who deserve no respect.
I will do my best to use the term extremist in place of fundamentalist in future, unless someone can come up with any better suggestions.
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I'd encountered two elsewhere, which I added to the discussion (e.g., Dominionist, theocrat), but by the time I'd been able to add it, a troll arrived, got disemvowelled by T, and the discussion has moved past abortion (with an apology by P for having contributed) and into considerations about why precisely homosexuality provides such a squick for the self-identified "moral".
Crazy(I have to say, I love Making Light, and thank T for the heads-up on her commenters)Soph
Ack! Wrong URL
Crazy(and apparently in need of more coffee)Soph
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Crazy(and apparently not retiring this icon just yet...)Soph
PS I think I actually saw an article about the organization to which Ford referred, but aaargh my browser history's too full for me to find it or to replicate the click-trail, blast!