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Originally Posted by blhowes  There have been various threads where some of the negatives of fundamentalism have been discussed. What sometimes irks me is the idea that a person's spiritually can be gauged by externals, such as watching movies, watching TV, dancing, drinking, smoking, hair length, and the like. If you don't do these things, you're a 'good Christian', and if you do them you're not.
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In thinking through my irkyness at what I see as negatives, I'm wondering how such thinking could be beneficial and helpful for the Christian walk. Any thoughts? |
The basic problem of Fundamentalism is hermeneutics. They misinterpret Scripture all the time, so, except when they are restrained by the common inheritance of orthodox theology from way back, they are consistently goofy in how they read Biblical texts.
Then they come at you with their proof texts, packed with the assumptions of their movement, but to their minds simply the literal reading of the text, and if you don't agree that their application is right, then you are simply a liberal who does not believe the Bible.