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  From: Shaun Branden <shaun@pcuse.com>
  To  : David WOLVERTON <david.wolverton@internode.on.net>
  Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:46:51 +1030

Re: Extremism vs Fundamentalism

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:03:39PM +1030, David WOLVERTON wrote:
> 
> Bah...  When are people going to get the difference between fundamentalism and extremism?
> 
> I KNOW there are better definitions than mine (so don't be upset if mine sn't as good as yours) but I'd just like to say that if it helps anyone to understand the difference, my personal illustration is that: Fundametalism is a person basing their lives on the foundation of whatever precept/belief and/or sect they follow.  (Eg: Love, Peace and Charity based Christianity, Budhism and Muslimism are all things that could be argued to be fundamentalist as these are key tenets of each 'religion')
> 
> Whereas I define extremism as a person basing their lives on the distortion of the original precept/belief and/or sect that came up with the original belief. (Eg: Nazism, Al Quiada, The IRA, Facsim and hinese/Russian ommunism are all good examples of fundamentalist ideas that were distorted nto being extremist.)
> 
> I'm actualy enjoying my day

"
fun·da·men·tal·ism     P   Pronunciation Key  (fnd-mntl-zm)
 n. 
A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.
 
often Fundamentalism An organized, militant Evangelical movement originating in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture.
 
Adherence to the theology of this movement.
"

So basically most christians are fundamentalists.

shaun
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