What is the difference between and Evangelical Christian and a Fundamentalist Christian?
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An Evangelical Christian is somebody who spreads the message of Jesus as much as possible. A Christian Fundamentalist is somebody who interprets the Bible literally. \n\nMost Fundamentalists are Evangelical, but most Evangelicals are not Fundamentalist.
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I like this verse better my friend:\n\nJoh 11:26  and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" \n\nA Christian is someone who both lives and believes in Jesus. Repent is close but no cigar. We must make Jesus the Lord and Master of our life.\n\nGlad to help :)
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As a Christian I don't hate either one. \n\nThanks for judging me though.
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Radical Christian Fundamentalists\n\nKool Aid Drinkers
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Christianity is all about interpretation. Some people (fundamentalists) believe the Bible word for word. \n(see http://godhatesshrimp.com/) Non-Christians like to make fun of fundamentalists because if you take the Bible literally then that means they can sell their daughters into slavery, etc. Fun stuff like that. However, most people don't think that the Bible is to be taken literally but interpreted. For instance, the people mentioned in the Bible weren't real but were instead characters designed to teach Christians a lesson. What is interpreted and what is taken at face value depends on the branch of Christianity and the individual churches themselves.
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Mormons are Christian.  The difference is doctrine like the many different facets of Christianity.
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yes evangelicals are christians. scary buggers.
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The term "legalism" means a concentration on "the law."  In fundamentalist christianity it would mean a lot of attention paid to what a person looks like (are their skirts too short?  does the man have a "christian looking" haircut).  Also, do they listen to rock music?  Go to the wrong kinds of movies?\n\nIt's like...putting people under "the old testement law."
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I actually agree with a lot of the literalist interpretation of the Bible that fundamentalists would support, but I'm politically liberal for the most part, with a few exceptions.\n\nI support the legalization of Marijuana and prostitution, for instance. On the other hand, I'm not in favour of gay marriage.\n\nI definately don't walk in lock-step with any one particular group.
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It's really only the fundamentalists in certain religions that believe that kind of foolishness. There are lots of religious people who have progressive, inclusive, and ecumenical understandings of their faith. There are lots of religious people who while devoted to their own faith, respect other faiths as spiritual paths.
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Let me set this up. I am a heterosexual father and grandfather. I am a conservative Christian. I object to your language and what can only be described as your blind hatred. \n\nYour question is NOT worthy of discussion. It is only worthy of disdain. You have given the progressive humanists another reason to say that Fundamentalist Christians are bigots and homophobes.
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Not all religion. I would have to say though that FUNDAMENTALIST religion IS INDEED a tool of mind control that allows a small group of people to wield enormous influence over the masses, and I think that's wrong.
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They're con artists, but they're no worse than the con artists that originally wrote the bible.\n\nThe difference between a televangelist and a true Christian, is that a true Christian tries to live the moral life that the con men say we should lead.  Televangelists simply operate above that "morality".  They use religion's power to make money, and take advantage of the people that actually mean well...
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Many people have mistaken hardcore Fundamentalism for mainstream Christianity in the US. The Fundamentalists are a minority, but they're a very shrill and noisy one, and they get a great deal of media attention. Same with this site. For every rational theological discussion, you'll get ten fanatics cutting and pasting endless King James Bible verses. They're just faster to jump in on a conversation, that's all. Don't worry. America's not a nation of frothing right-wing zealots...yet.\n\nThere's an interesting book called "Stealing Jesus" about the Fundamentalists co-opting Christianity, and what theological newcomers  they are. It's certainly not the only book to make this point. Even the Puritans wouldn't recognize today's Fundmentalist dogma, much less the early Christians. For another interesting perspective, try reading Spong's "Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism".
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Evangelical fundamentalist are being used by the Republican Party. The Republicans know what this group of people believes and that they will all follow the leader. So even though the Republicans do all of the things that the EF are against, they hide that and try to scare the EF into thinking that a vote for a Democrat will be a vote for sin in a hand basket straight to hell.  \n\nI have never understood why anyone in the working class would ever vote for a Republican! But some are very gullible and just don’t understand politics. They are being used and none are so blind as those who refuse to see.
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I was once a fundamentalist christian, and my guess is that they usually say that when they find out that you're not just like them. It's the fundy equivalent of saying 'fuck you', and it is said with  just as much love as their very loving god has for us all. But come on now? Don't you want the love of ANY fictitious character? How about Superman or the Easter Bunny?
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Fundamentalism to me is Gods way of showing that he has a sense of humor. To many people propose that they know what God wants us to live like. They have gone out of their way to make religion complicated. The only thing that Jesus taught is to be charitable, be hospitable, to love one another, and to trust in him. People need to find their own walk with God. Don't just take what a preacher says from the pulpit as Gospel.  The philosopher Plato said" The unquestioned life is a wasted life." It is the same with religion.